It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.

The best solutions are often simple, yet unexpected.

I have to say, I'm good with gifts. If I find something perfect for a certain person, I'll just get it and put it away in a kind of nook under my bed - a little gift hutch, if you prefer.

A band is a great way to destroy a friendship, and a tour's a great way to destroy a band.

The way Lou Reed wrote and sang about drugs and sex, about the people around him - it was so matter-of-fact.

I'm not a pop song lyric writer. I can't just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre.

I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.