I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .
We live in hope of deliverance from the darkness that surrounds us
It's like there was me, then the Beatles phase, and now I'm me again.
Songs have some kind of structure that connects with people`s hearts.
I can't deal with the press; I hate all those Beatles questions.
When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.