What song would you like played at your funeral? Townes Van Zandt’s To Live Is To Fly.

Well, recently, believe it or not, I went into a huge Elvis Presley hole. After not listening to him my whole life, I took my daughter to Graceland and ended up feeling extremely moved by the plight of poor Mr. Presley. And I've become obsessed with his music recently.

Hey, you're from Austin, TX. Any favorite local bands? There's a cool indie band from Philadelphia called The Blood Feathers; they're not from Austin, but I would like to give them a plug, they are terrific.

Wilco is one of my favorite bands.

Generally though Connor Oberst is one of the best singer-songwriters.

Pitchfork: Have you been a Costello fan for a while? EH: Oh yeah. I remember in the days when you had the cassette Walkman, I had a tape of My Aim Is True and “(The Angels Wanna Wear) My Red Shoes,” I would just play it and rewind it, play it and rewind it right before my screen test for Dead Poets Society.

The first album I ever bought The Clash – ‘The Clash’