My overall responsibility is to be truthful. If people pay money to come and see me, looking for something other than that, then they've made a mistake.

But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight / Got to kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight.

Love the Lord and in him love me too. And in him, go your own way and I'll be right here with you.

I always write the lyrics first. There are one or two exceptions over the years, but that's pretty much the way it's been. The process of applying music to words is a bit like scoring a film. You've got imagery.

Beautiful rocks - beautiful grass Beautiful soil where they both combine Beautiful river - covering sky Never thought of possession, but all this was mine.

Anger is energy, and you've got to find a place to put it that works for you.

Music itself isn't enough to completely wear down my stash of anger. And I don't have all that much more to be angry about than anyone else. It's not like I was abused as a kid or anything. I had a pretty comfortable childhood with parents who took good care of me. But resentment exists, and some of it goes into the music. Some of it goes into physical activity.