No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.