Do I create conflicts for myself? Sure I do.

I think inside every rock journalist, there's somebody who wishes they had the courage to live the life that they're not, and that they're writing about. But at the same time, inside every songwriter, I guess there's a wish for happiness.

Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.

You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings.

Everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking. Busking, you learn people, you learn about reading people. You learn about reading the atmosphere of the street. If you stand still in any city long enough, you see everyone pass you by. It's almost like you get to know personality types, just by watching people walk past. You get a sense for things.

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.

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