starting to philosophize about stuff that i dont have a clue about

Slant: ...what would you say is your generation's greatest challenge?

That's a really interesting question because sometimes I think about that as I see and meet a lot of people who are having a hard time. I think the challenge is to allow yourself to find a thing you are really good at and be open to find your own niche. I think a lot of young people are kind of closed off in a way and don't allow themselves to develop in any kind of direction. Maybe I'm on shaky ground right now, starting to philosophize about stuff that I don't have a clue about [laughs], but I think that in today's society people are, in a way, taught to limit themselves.

interview with roxanne blanford for slant magazine 10.2.02

you've just got to find it

I admit it, for a time I delved into the evils of what being a guitar player can bring, what I call the God of Wank syndrome. Every kid does it. When I first got a guitar I used to put my marbles on it and listen to them rolling down my guitar - that's more like what I play like now. The guitar is a mysterious instrument, but a lot of the mystery has gone or has been hidden. It's like when people have real hard, meaningless sex all the time they become insensitive - to me that's like what the guitar has become. But that doesn't mean that aspect doesn't exist - you've just got to find it.