I Was Down In The Sewer With

In Writing Songs, I've Learned As Much From Cezanne As I Have From Woody Guthrie.

What Politics I Ever Learned, I Learned In The Streets, Because It Was Part Of The Environment.

I Need All Kinds Of Songs - Fast Ones, Slow Ones, Minor Key, Ballads, Rumbas - And They All Get Juggled Around During A Live Show. I've Been Trying For Years To Come Up With Songs That Have The Feeling Of A Shakespearean Drama, So I'm Always Starting With That.

Rod's A Great Singer. He's Got A Great Voice, But There's No Point To Put A 30-piece Orchestra Behind Him. I'm Not Going To Knock Anybody's Right To Make A Living But You Can Always Tell If Somebody's Heart And Soul Is Into Something, And I Didn't Think Rod Was Into It In That Way.

You Should Always Take The Best From The Past, Leave The Worst Back There And Go Forward Into The Future.