I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

Once you start to analyze it [Joyous Sound], you've completely lost it. That one just came.

J.P. Donleavy - now he's one writer I am consistent with. He's written books that I can definitely connect with. He has amazing insights which other people missed out on. Even with his descriptions of Northern Ireland.

I was like one of those newspapers, those periodicals. There's all different kinds of alcoholics. There's the everyday kind: that's the consistent one. That's what people think an alcoholic is-but an alcoholic is basically just someone who's allergic to alcohol. That's all it means. It's just an allergy.

If my heart could do my thinking, would my brain begin to feel?

Sometimes you do know where the ideas are coming from and sometimes you don't. You might get a song coming through that you just don't know about.

What I really like to do is just do the twist!