The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

When there are no women on the tour it can get awful and ugly - constant horrible jokes and gross behaviour. It needs to be leavened with a feminine presence.

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.

Basically, between 1989 and 1994, I hadn't taken a vacation.

My high-school dream was to be in a band, pay my rent and eat - and I've been able to do that for 20 years. So I'm completely content.

I lie around and play guitar, that's something I do for sure. In fact that's all I do, I think.

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.