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American - Musician Born: April 27, 1978

Live music is proof that there's some things the Internet can't kill. In our lifetime, we're going to see more and more things start to disappear and get gobbled up by the Internet, but live music won't be one of them.

Music Internet Live Start

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

Love Peace Hate World

There's so much chaos and trouble in the world right now, and we need to broadcast as much peace and love, too.

Love Peace World Chaos

Preservation Hall is the sound of joy. When they start playing, people start moving.

People Joy Start Moving

If you do something, you should do it because you love it, and you should follow your heart and make it how your heart wants it to be made. But it's a difficult world, especially for musicians.

Love Heart You World

Live music is incredible because you get to be with people, and you get to have this tactile, real-world experience, but at the end of the day, if your eyes are closed and you're getting swept away, it's like... I don't know.

Music Eyes Day You

Once all the power goes out, there will still be human beings standing together around a campfire, playing acoustic guitars.

Power Together Will Standing

Moving and motion tends to make things pop up. But things pop up for me, really, at just odd intervals or at random times that aren't really convenient, so I'm a big fan of the voice memo recorder on my phone. That's the only way I can remember things.

Me Random Remember Way

I just think meditation is so important because it gives you a chance to see what's going on in your brain.

You Brain Think Chance

I feel like modern country is deliberately dumbing down the human race. They're deliberately making people take glory in being uneducated and racist, and it's just sad. I think it's absolute mind control.

Sad People Mind Feel

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I think anyone who knows the audio process knows what mixing and mastering is.

Think Process Who I Think

I feel like everybody's got their health issues and their battles, and yeah, mine go up and down. It's never really over.

Health Feel Never Down

I was talking to my publisher, Jamie Ceretta, who's one of my closest confidants and allies when I'm working on new music. I feel like I can always count on his judgement because he'll tell me if he doesn't like something. It's sometimes hard to get people to tell you if they don't like something.

Music Me You People

Ever since I got back surgery, everything in my life has been about reduction. I've got the lightest backpack I can carry and the lightest MacBook.

Life My Life I Can Back

When I was maybe three years old, I was obsessed with this song 'Leader of the Band' by Dan Fogelberg. My mom took me to the mall and bought me a 45 of it. We would listen to that song all the time.

Me Time Song Mom

I tried to score a few films with this composer Brian Reitzell here in L.A. We made a bunch of music we really loved, but we got fired from the film for being too weird.

Music Loved Weird Being

I got really hooked on this riff in the middle of this song called 'Minor Miracles' by my friend Eric Johnson from Fruit Bats. I got the tracks for that from him, and that turned into 'Here in Spirit.'

Song Friend Fruit Miracles

Lou Reed's spirit and the way he did things was so important. Him and his music mean so much to me as the years go by.

Music Me Way Go

Anyone who knows music knows that Neil is about as real as it can get, and this along with seeing him perform 'Harvest Moon' on 'SNL' was my first experience knowing what real music really felt like.

Music Experience Moon Real

I just love being in the studio, and that's kind of what I do when I'm not on the road. I'm just in the studio messing with stuff, and I love playing all the instruments.

Love Road Being Just

Somebody brought up the idea of reissuing 'Tribute To 1' because it was out of print on vinyl.

Vinyl Somebody Because Out

I heard the Abbey Lincoln song 'The World is Falling Down,' and it just resonated with me so deeply.

Me Song World Down

I've got a studio at home, and I'm always recording.

Home Always Studio Got

I've gotten into doing electronic books and audiobooks, so I have an iPad. I still love reading a real book, but when you travel, it's better than carrying around a bunch of books.

Love You Travel Book

I was always kind of against streaming, but I've been traveling so much, and I usually carry a huge hard drive of digital music with me, but I haven't had time to deal with it, so I've been doing streaming. And I had this incredible breakthrough of weightlessness where I've really been loving streaming music.

Music Me Time Drive

'The Muppet Show' was huge. I watched it all the time as a kid, and I really loved the way they used music on that. I also remember hearing the radio in the car as a kid, like Stevie Wonder and Simon and Garfunkel.

Music Time Car Loved

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