Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

I thought love was more or less a giving thing. Seems the more I gave, the less I got.

My writing is different. I think it's better. I think it's deeper. But, strangely enough, it covers a lot of the old ground. Maybe it says it in a more sophisticated way ... but I [have written] about basically the same subjects over the years.

Whatever success I've had so far has been assimilated into my body and mind.

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.

I had always sung in my dad's shop. I worked there after school, and I'd be singing along with the top-40 records of the day.

I'm not really comfortable in any one spot.