That's my dream job, to be able to mail songs out to people who want to hear them. Paste my face on them and not travel all over the world trying to sell them.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

To do it nationally or internationally, you have to follow a few more rules.

I don't like the idea of famous people.

My parents didn't treat me as if there was anything in the world I couldn't do, except be unkind.

Before you can make good music, you just have to shut up. Then the music can say what it has to say.

Men are allowed to write songs about people and women are allowed to write songs about women