Thinking about the future and thinking about the past is really only a way of ignoring the present.
Great music completely obliterates any conceptions of genre.
You have to be willing to deal with the ups and downs of the music, the ups and downs of the audience.
I think the days of working with producers in the conventional sense are over for me.
You give me a @#$%& kazoo and I'll write you a good song.
I'd reached a point where there was a direct conflict between what I was trying to be and who I really was.