I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs, like Island of no return.

That's what I'm about -- getting engaged. Too many people don't wade in the mud with the politicians.

I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas.

[A]s long as you're comfortable it feels like freedom.

Mixing pop and politics he asks me what the use is / I offer him embarrassment and my usual excuses.

You can experience a download, but you can't download an experience.

There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.