People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos.

I don't need to control anything. Even with romantic partnerships, I don't need to control anyone.

People take things a little too personal. I write these songs, and they're experiments with thoughts. That's it. I'm not a teacher.

I don't think I'm even a musician. I don't play a lot of instruments, not really a soloist or anything.

When I'm trying to write a song for someone else, you can only see anything through your own eyes.

It's not like that when you're a songwriter - songwriters aren't like pulp writers or journalists, even. You just follow the muse. It's called muse-ic. Whenever the muse decides to bestow her inspiration on the songwriter, then the song is born.

It's hard to make out the difference between insults and bad advice.