There are people who can sit down and write a song about any given subject, and they can do it really, really well.

Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do.

And I've always loved playing solo.

I'm not an actor, and I'll never call myself an actor. I've never thought of it as part of my life. I'll always be a singer, in my eyes.

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write.

I've always felt that if I ever got cynical, I would have to stop making music because I'd just be poisoning the air.

And for some reason, when I'm sad, I do listen to Leonard Cohen, I do listen to Joni Mitchell. I do find myself going to the music that's actually reflecting my mood, as opposed to sticking on Motown, which might actually bring my mood up.