I'm always writing, the past 10 years. A lot has changed, in that it's something I do every day.

I don't like things to be handed to me on a plate; that means nothing. I like to go through layers of unraveling and every time I listen to something, it makes me feel something different. Now I'm aware of the conflict that's going on, but at the time I just let what was happening happen.

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

I work on words, mostly, toward them being poetry or short stories, and then some of those become songs.

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

It varies, I don't think there is any one set way of writing songs or coming up with ideas, it comes in so many ways you know.