I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time

Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.

It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.

If you'll be my body guard, I can be your long lost pal.

And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.

I rate each album as better than the last one. That's how I see it.