Lyrics Are So Important, I Hate Every

As A Songwriter I Hate This Whole, 'if It's A Sad Song, It Has To Sound Like A Sad Song Thing.' And That Goes All The Way Back To My Days With The Format. I'm An Insane Narcissist, So If I Have To Get Something Off My Chest, I'll Get Something Off My Chest.

I Don't Have A Twitter Or A Facebook, But That Doesn't Mean I'm Any More Productive Than The Rest Of The World.

I Don't Play An Instrument - I Just Write In My Head, And I Usually Hear Fully Formed Songs. 'we Are Young' Turned Out So Much Like It Was In My Head. But It Also Exceeded All My Expectations.

Lately I've Been Falling Asleep Listening To 'common One' By Van Morrison, Specifically The Song 'summertime In England.' It's 15 Minutes Long, So To Make It Through The Entire Song Is A Real Task Unto Itself, But Van Has That Emotional Payoff That Makes Even His Most Tiresome Songs More Powerful Than Most People's Entire Catalog.

Van Morrison Is Probably, At This Point In Time, My Biggest Influence As A Vocalist. When We Were Making Our Last Album I Had A Vinyl Copy Of 'veedon Fleece' In The Vocal Booth In Front Of Me, In The Dorky Sense. I Think There Were Candles Around, Which Is Really Tacky, But Hey, I Needed To Channel Van The Man!