Q: I've read a lot of theories about how 'slow down' (amazing song btw) is about a major natural disaster 'radio's playing a different kind of music' 'universe starting to shake' etc. Did you intend for this song to have that kinda theme or is it about something different?
A: the original point of that song was to do a 12 bar blues at that speed in F with the title in exactly those locations. the phrase "slow down", sung that way in those spots, was the first and only thing that ever came to me. i tried to find something different, because i did not really want to write a song called "slow down". but that phrase felt significantly stronger than anything else i could come up with. so i reluctantly agreed to make it about "slow down". the rest of the song is written in support of that, using my standard songwriting procedures and practices