I think it’s a part of us as human beings that we search outside of ourselves for meaning.
I love performing. I can get to be that person I always wanted to be – godlike.
Personally I find the story of Christ incredibly moving.
Texting is apocalyptic on some level. It’s a reduction of things.
My muse is my wife. It’s not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.
I don’t write happy songs. Who does? I don’t know anybody who writes happy songs, really.
I love rock-n-roll. I think it’s an exciting art form. It’s revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.
I’ve always felt like an imposter, in the whole, as a musician.
Early on I realized when you write a song about someone, it flatters them on some level, and gives you a lot of room to move within a relationship. A song can kind of get the girl, for sure.
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