I Kiss Her Mouth And I Know...

I No Longer Know The Author Of This Book, For Simply Stopping Long Enough And Writing It Down Was Where I Changed From A Boy With His Eyes Squeezed Shut To A Man With His Eyes Wide Open So That The Sunlight Might Reach My Heart Despite All That Darkness.

I Like Things That Reach A Little Further And Are A Little More Abstract, But I Don't Think That's What I Do Naturally Well. How I Write Naturally Is Probably What's Furthest From Me, And The Most Removed From What I Understand.

I'm Never Argumentative For The Sake Of Being Argumentative, I Don't Think. And More Than Ever, I've Had To Be Willing To Fight Just To Get Records Released, Or Just To Be Able To Walk Away With A Little Bit Of Self-respect And Pride.

Can You Still Have Any Famous Last Words If You're Somebody Nobody Knows?

For Any Producer I've Ever Worked With, Their Toughest Job Is To Convince Me To Not To Obscure My Vocals. A Lot Of People Don't Like The Sound Of Their Own Voice On, Like, Cassette Tape Or Something. It's Like That For Me, And Other Songwriters I Know. Like, "oh God, That's What I Sound Like?"