Look, when I look back, from 20 onwards, I was actually having a pretty good time, I have to say.

I've always been at war with the guitar. All vocalists are fighting a war with the electric rhythm guitar.

What I want people to recognize is that we have to keep working together and take charge because we all have the same story.

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.

L.A. is full of screenwriters. I don't know why. On many levels, it's such a thankless occupation.

I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

I look at you and you look at me and deep in our hearts know it That you weren't much of a muse, but then I weren't much of a poet