I took my brains out and stretched them on the rack, now I'm not too sure I'm gonna get them back.

Painting is similar to music. You get a couple or words or notes or chords that excite you, and you just follow them and add a bit more and see where it takes you. That's the thrill for me. It still is a thrill, which is amazing after all this time.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

Think globally, act locally.

Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on.

It's not unusual for writers to look backward. Because that's your pool of resources. If you were to write something now, I bet there's a pretty good chance you'd call on your teenage years, your experiences then, stuff you learned then.