Writing is not some quiet, closet act.

Poetry is a solitary process. One does not write poetry for the masses. Poetry is a self-involved, lofty pursuit. Songs are for the people. When I'm writing a song, I imagine performing it. I imagine giving it. It's a different aspect of communication. It's for the people.

Often the simplest song is the hardest to write.

We wanted, it seemed, what we already had, a lover and a friend to create with, side by side. To be loyal, yet be free.

What I really like is an intelligent review. It doesn't have to be positive. A review that has some kind of insight, and sometimes people say something that's startling or is so poignant.

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Sometimes [people] seem to think I came out of the womb, you know, cursing, with an electric guitar.