My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.
I just pay attention to what's in my head. That's my number-one rule.
Just don't let the human factor fail to be a factor at all
I haven't had that many people onstage for a while, and I'm looking forward to that. They're all such creative musicians in their own right. They're all complete individuals. They're not just a pick-up band. They all have their own thing going on.
It's like you don't know you're making a record unless you're half-killing yourself.
The idea of writing songs because you're depressed and you need to communicate it somehow, that isn't really true for me.