Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.

There's this whole idea that you've got the blues and you're going to write. Bullshit. When I feel really bad, all I want to do is sit in front of the TV with the remote control and check out.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence or whatever. Different things were going on.

I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.