We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get your message across sometimes it's wise to say, Why don't we stop here and have a moment of silence, then go in a completely different direction?

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning full of the spirit. I do believe that it comes to you.

Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong.

I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there. But I try to visualize what it's actually going to be.

America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace.

What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work.

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting.