A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

A parent that's upset or resentful is not going to be a great paren.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.

Wherever there's a human being there's going to be somebody that tries to hold you back.

What's the point if you make something that's not you, and you're successful? You have to perform it the rest of your life.

In Europe there's the upper crust, and these are long, historically families and social systems that have certain established rules that's harder to break into.

The challenge is always as a writer, is this going to work, because it's a very intimate process, and I tend to be very introverted and insular, and when I write, it's in my head.