Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.

You write a scene, and it works or it doesn't. It's immediate.

'Inspiration' is a word used by people who aren't really doing anything.

And she moves among the sparrows. And she floats upon the breeze. She moves among the flowers. She moves something deep inside of me

Most screen violence is tedious.

You're collaborating with people you don't even know, when you're making a film. You're collaborating with people you've never seen. So, the collaborative process is very, very different than when you're collaborating on a record with the musicians you've worked with all your life.

I feel very much a part of what I'm writing about, and I'm writing about things that concern me on a daily basis. I'm not really interested in writing musical diaries, if you know what I mean.