This is how it has been since time began: If you want to make something really worthwhile and true, then you have to suffer for it.

I've always written about things that cause me to feel something.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

And I've been walking 'round with memories way too long.

I don't know what other people are like, I haven't been able to crawl inside anybody else.

I don't describe myself as a Christian or religious, but I like to think that how I live my life is honest.

Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me.