That's what my life is, writing songs.

I am a ham. I've no business being rock 'n' roll. I've said it over and over again that I'm a classical composer, dishevelling my personality by dabbling in rock 'n' roll.

When somebody grabs a movement, you're kind of locked into it. It's all par for the course.

I missed out on my teenage years. I led a sheltered life. I was practicing scales instead of going out there and playing football.

We gave up on the idea of trying to make the record a good representation of the live performance.

There was a time where I was the youngest one in any group, and now when I turn around sometimes, I'm the oldest one in every group. It just seemed to flip-flop one day - it wasn't a gradual thing.

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.