My grandmother sang, too, and she was really loud. It was this wild kind of singing. I count her among my influences.

Molly Shannon, for example, is someone I've always really looked up to, because her comedy is so physical and wild and unembarrassed and brave.

Brian was the oldest, I was in the middle and Carl was the baby. I was the troublemaker. Brian got great grades and Carl got the kind of grades I did. I failed everything. I was too busy fighting and running wild.

And I do wish she wouldn't sing about poisoning just after we have eaten.

My grandmother is kind of disoriented because of the ordeal. They are both in their 80s. We are kind of getting scattered pictures. Some kind of way she ended up on a bus to San Antonio.

Everything I do is collaborative. It's just my way. I'm really very interested in how the other musicians perceive the song.