Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

There are lots of really good guitarists, but they play with the same pedals that everybody else does. Everybody buys the same pedals, so the sounds tend to be the same. I am looking for different ways of doing that without having to spend days and weeks and months fooling around with pedals, which I don't enjoy.

Then she kissed me and I realized she probably was right, there must be fifty ways to leave your lover.

And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you

The Wisdom is old, the Koran is old, the Bible is old. Disagreements? Work 'em out.

It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.

The record company stay out of my way. Whenever the record is finished, they take it.