And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

I like beautiful melodies telling me terrible things.

The trick is to have a career and have a family. It's like having two dogs that hate each other and you have to take them for a walk every night.

When the weather's rough and it's whiskey in the rain it's best to wrap your savior up in cellophane.

I’ve always believed that the way you affect your audience is more important than how many of them are there.

It's rather mystifying when you think about writing songs - where they come from, and how they're born.

The Universe is making music all the time.