I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.

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

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

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