I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

I write the songs, go in and record them, then I listen to everything and decide how it all fits together.

Sade's stuff is real deceptive. She's got stuff about prostitutes, poverty and people on the streets.

I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly.

It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.

I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old. And then when I got to be eleven, twelve, and into my teens, I was just listening to records all the time, and I got a guitar. I started to take guitar lessons when I was twelve.