I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.

I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

It's easier to write songs when you're single.

I don't keep a journal anymore. I did when I was a teenager, but now because I write about it all in my songs, that's what I'm really doing.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.