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Artist - Musicians, Painters, Writers, Poets, Always Seem To Have Had The Most Accurate Perception Of What Is Really Going On Around Them, Not The Official Version Or The Popular Perception Of Contemporary Life.

I Was Drawn To Boxing Because I Got Beat Up As A Kid. I Was The Kid With The Piano Books In A New York Neighbourhood.

I Had A Melody And A Rhythm And Chords, But Nothing To Talk About. I Remember Reading About How The Decline Of The Steel Industry Had Been Affecting The Lehigh Valley, And I Decided That's What I Was Going To Write The Song About.

You'll Learn More From Your Accidents Than Anything That You Could Ever Learn At School.

Usually When I'm Writing, I Try To Write Fairly Quickly. If A Song Sits Around Too Long, It Starts To Take On A Stink. Most Of My Songs Are Written In One Sitting, Two Sittings Maybe. Those Are The Ones I Like The Best, Anyway.