Writers have always liked my stuff, pretty much. That's what I wanted - I think my goal wasn't to get rich and famous, necessarily, though I cared about that. I always thought, "Oh, this could be a hit," or "that will sell records." But the first thing I wanted was that people who knew a lot about music, or had taste-making qualities, they would like my stuff. Writers, people like that.

I sit here in this chair, I pour myself some whiskey, and watch my troubles vanish into the air.

They don't respect us, so let's surprise them, we'll drop the big one, pulverize them.

We'll have a kid or maybe we'll rent one. He's got to be straight, we don't want a bent one.

I'm interested in geography and weather and things like that, and if you don't write love songs, you've gotta go somewhere. I wrote a lot about places because that's what else there was. I had to stop myself from writing more of them.

I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.