There Are Some Things You Can't Cover

It's What's On The Record Not What Labels On It. You Know, That's Like Getting A Box Of Cornflakes And Eating The Cardboard.

I Get Very Frustrated By This Term 'genre Exercise.' I Mean, What Exactly Is That? Genre Is Not Really Relevant When You Are Writing A Song; Hopefully You Are Doing It To Explore Something, To Create Something, And I Don't Agree That Any Of My Albums Are Genre Exercises.

I've Always Felt Writing A Song Was A Bit Like Going On Location. That's True In An Almost Literal Sense. Where You Are Seeps In Somehow.

The Battle With The Bottle Is Nothing So Novel.

You Have To Face The Fact That I Have No Reputation As A Composer; I Have My Reputation As A Songwriter And A Performer-and That Opportunity Came This Summer, When I Was Invited To Perform At The Lincoln Centre Festival In New York... Three Nights.