I figure it's okay to make certain rules, whether or not people despise you for it at the time.

Writing songs is a profession; so it's not an attempt to take things from my interactions with other people and for some reason give them to a total stranger to listen to. I find it offensive to hear other people do that.

It's good when someone says, "Would you write a song for this purpose," or "would you record a song for this purpose," or "would you help me realize this song," again, for this purpose.

I think everybody works from a defensive position, for the most part, in the film industry.

I have a mantra that kind of explains my feelings on this subject, which is, "The past is the present is the future." When you're recording something, you're making something that will exist in the future.

What is normally called religion is what I would tend to call music - participating in music, listening to music, making records and singing.

I don't like the idea of being surrounded by hidden things; people you can't see in buildings and cars.