You go back and look at some of the ancient writings that exist throughout the world about wars and it's the same; the human beings' articulation of events is the same. That really fascinated me.

I think of myself as a songwriter, a weaver of story and imagination in a way that a novelist might write a book.

People have this idea of me being some kind of monster, and that's the complete opposite of who I am.

I see men come and go, but there'll be one who'll collect my soul.

My mom is a sculptress.

I'm not an autobiographical writer, but I am a writer who deals with human emotion on all levels.

I don't hold onto anything, because it's a waste of energy to do so, really. There's nothing that I can do about the way people want to write about me. I just try and concentrate on my work and do that as well as I can.