When a band means a lot to you, you build the fantasy more than the reality. Always.

Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.

I didn't really like confessional poetry or things. They seemed sort of dated to me, or just corny.

There's no point that an album should sound like a watered down version of another album.

I want to do some different kind of songs, but say I want to do riffs, but I don't come up with any riffs that I really think are great. Then I can't do a riff album. I'm more of a song, melody person.

Basically, no one else gives me any opinions on lyrics. I don't ask for them. If they did, I would listen.

If you want to be negative about the whole thing you can say all guitar bands after the Beatles were just a waste of time because the Beatles were the best. I think it's far better to give new records a try.