I write all the time. I do artwork that's part of a diary, and I write short stories to go with them pretty much every day.

Technology has taken its toll on albums in a tough way. The CD format and MTV really played havoc on artists.

I went to Kent State basically to avoid going to Vietnam, I had no idea what I was doing in the world. I was lost, and trying not to get into a fight every day.

It's people who write music because they are obsessed that I like; because they have something to say and no other way to say it.

To Kill a Mockingbird' represents Hollywood at its very finest, when a popular film could truly contain a message. It has one of the most moving scores of all time.

To me I think artists in general make a statement - and for the rest of their lives - every album, every book - are variations on a theme.

With MTV in the '80s, you made your album but then you needed to use any money you made to create a video - instead of being able to use that money to pay for you and your band to live on while you wrote new songs. So MTV upped the ante of looking for one hit. Conceptual bands who didn't have a hit were going to lose.