It was easier than explaining DiMaggio's use as a metaphor.

I have my books and my poetry to protect me

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.

How much can you do with two voices? You can sing thirds or you can sing fifths or you can do a background harmony.

Philip Larkin didn't write for several years before his life ended. And when he was asked why he didn't write, he said the muse deserted him. And when I read that, it really had a profound effect upon me, sort of scared me. So that's why I think I have no right to assume that some thought is going to come... But I think, in my imagination, if it is it, there will probably be something else I'm interested in.

I don't know what I'm going to write when I begin to write. It feels like you are walking down a path, but you can't see around the bend and you don't know where you are going to go, which is fun.

Anybody can do bad work, but not everybody does good work.