Of course, personally, I think it'd be tacky to wear diamonds before I'm forty.

No... the blues are because you're getting fat or because it's been raining too long. You're just sad, that's all. The mean reds are horrible. Suddenly you're afraid and you don't know what you're afraid of. Do you ever get that feeling?

Well, when I get it the only thing that does any good is to jump in a cab and go to Tiffany's. Calms me down right away.

There's not one thing in particular that influences my music, but I write about what I know. It's based in personal experience. That's not to say all the songs are biographical, because sometimes it's what I've seen in others' lives.

I draw the art for the writers. A lil' chibi of each author crowns their articles.

Sometimes I don't pick up the guitar for six months or so," "Other times I get away, go to a hotel or something, to write songs. Or go stay with a friend and bring the dog and do stuff away from my normal routine. Then I sit down and play guitar at night. I do it differently every time . There is no set way.

I do not accept drinks from disapproving gentlemen.