That's another way of writing a song, of course. Just talking to somebody that ain't there. That's the best way. That's the truest way. Then it just becomes a question of how heroic your speech is. To me, it's something to strive after.

I don't usually purge myself by writing anything about any type of quote, so-called, relationships.

Shakespeare, he's in the alley with his pointed shoes and his bells, speaking to some French girl who says she knows me well.

I didn't know whether to duck or to run, so I ran.

When the jelly faced women all sneeze, hear the one with the mustache say I can't find my knees.

Remember when you're out there trying to heal the sick, that you must always first forgive them.

Most songs have bridges in them, to distract listeners from the main verses of a song so they don't get bored. My songs don't have a lot of bridges because lyric poetry never had them.