And New Year's Eve is very, very important to me.

Morality should have to do with killing people or hurting them or stealing from them, but when it comes to adult choices, I don't see it.

But as a writer and performer, I want to get paid for what I do.

In music the mystical element is definitely there all the time, and one can see it. When it comes to rock and roll, when it comes to any kind of industry, it's not there. It's not there. So it's a battle between the two. Music, Industry.

It's scary times for humanity, it seems. But as my octogenarian father tells me, "The world has seen harder times, and the world will survive." The arc of history is long, and the mess we're currently making is just a blip.

I really, really like writing songs. Capote wrote every day. He said that's the only way, you have to sit down every day and do it...Something that's written out is okay, but it's not always a clear indication of what a person means.

I always work on New Year's Eve, no matter what.