I have to be able to see the thing that's going on that I'm writing about, or else it just doesn't make any sense to me.

There's an element to songwriting that I can't explain, that comes from somewhere else. I can't explain that dividing line between nothing and something that happens within a song, where you have absolutely nothing, and then suddenly you have something. It's like the origin of the universe.

Sorrow's child grieves not what has passed, but all the past still yet to come.

A is for Answering all your prayers, N is for kNowing that your loverman's going to be the answer.

I have a very strange relationship in general with women around my music. There's some that understand it and some that think there should be a law against it.

After a while, you just don't do things you don't wanna do - that's the great freedom you get, the older you get. You learn what to do and what not to do, and what will be a waste of time and what won't be a waste of time.

To sustain hatred is a very difficult thing to do, year after year. It's exhausting.