A guilty conscience means at least you have one.

I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't overintellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.

But there's got to be an opening somewhere here in front of me. Through this maze of ugliness and greed.

A guilty conscience means at least you have one.

You have to have a work ethic and you have to be educated in what you're doing. You have to take it seriously. It doesn't mean that everything you do has to be serious. But you've got to have the tools.

Its a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?

Tolerance can lead to learning something.