Like any kind of writing, there are good days and frustrating days. But even frustrating days can be rewarding sometimes.

In 'True Grit,' we had a vulture, a trained vulture... that was a pain and that was - even by vulture standards - probably a stupid vulture, and that was frustrating.

Dave Van Ronk is not an obscure figure. He's the biggest figure on an obscure scene, playing a kind of niche music that we knew and liked.

When you're younger, you kind of assume you'll be fine at whatever. Then you get older, and you're either unsuccessful and you wonder why, or you're successful and you wonder why.

It's not that I don't like TV. It's alien to me. I haven't watched a television show in decades.

There aren't reasons why you like this song or this piece of music, or don't like it. It's just, it's either right or wrong, you know?