Opportunities may come along for you to convert something -something that exists into something that didn't yet. That might be the beginning of it. Sometimes you just want to do things your way, want to see for yourself what lies behind the misty curtain. It's not like you see songs approaching and invite them in. It's not that easy. You want to write songs that are bigger than life. You want to say something about strange things that have happened to you, strange things you have seen. You have to know and understand something and then go past the vernacular.

Let the dead bury the dead, your time will come.

I hurt easy, I just don't show it. You can hurt someone and not even know it.

They asked me for some collateral and I pulled down my pants.

It's east to see without lookin' too far that not much is really sacred.

It's mighty funny. The end of time has just begun.

All I can do is be me, whoever that is.