When you're writing‚ you're conjuring. It's a ritual‚ and you need to be brave and respectful and sometimes get out of the way of whatever it is that you're inviting into the room.

You're innocent when you dream.

If you are recording, you are recording. I don't believe there is such a thing as a demo or a temporary vocal.

And the earth died screaming, while I lay dreaming.

George Bush is a fan of mine, he came to see me in the Seventies. His coke dealer brought him.

If people are a little nervous about approaching you at the market, it's good. I'm not Chuckles The Clown. Or Bozo. I don't cut the ribbon at the opening of markets. I don't stand next to the mayor. Hit your baseball into my yard, and you'll never see it again.

I can't listen to so much music at the same time. I think you really have to have a diet. You're just processing too much, there's no place to put it. If you go a long time without hearing music, then you hear music that nobody else hears.