While The Things I Do Kill Me,

I Routinely Never Discuss My Marriage. It's Nice To Have Things In My Life That Are Totally Mine.

Caitlin Cary And I Were Always Talking About X When We Talked About Whiskeytown, Before It Became An Actual Band. We Like The Concept Of There Being No Real Front Person In X, Yet This Kind Of Switch Up Of Vocals And Really Their Sheer Power, And Their Ability To Sort Of Bastardise Punk Rock And Midwetsren Rock And Even Country Into Their Own Sound.

I Do Craft Songs, That This Is Designed. It's Almost Like The Song Was Written To Produce This Desired Effect. And It Probably Really Works For Somebody. It's Maybe Somebody's Favorite Tune, And It's Really Hard To Come Down On That, Even If I Feel A Little Embarrassed For It. Because Some Songs Are Written Like A Commercial, And That Can Be A Little Strange.

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.

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