I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

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.

Ever since time began: What song is not about love? Whether it's about love from man to woman or parent to child, or grandmother to granddaughter... It just goes on and on. Or whether it's the love of one's country.

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

People want to build musicians into mythical beings.

I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never feel very responsive to plastic machinery.