I was just learning to play guitar when Tracy Chapman came out. She wrote these songs, she played them by herself and I so admired her for that..

I need a little bass and I don't even need that crazy bass to break your face. I just want it to sound good when I have my favorite song..

Singing and being truthful to a song... I've developed that skill, and I know how to do that real instinctively, that's all I've been doing for the l….

Even when I was with Arista records, which was the freest part of my career, you still have to run a lot of stuff by committee whether it's a budget,….

In real life, I am emotionally confused, which enables me to write songs. I'm a Pisces, and they say that Pisces are very sensitive. If men were just….

When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another,….

In fact, on a side note, after the success of the first record, I got asked to write for some pop artists, as everybody does, and I did a couple song….

His own opinion, which he does not air, is that the origin of speech lie in song, and the origins of song in the need to fill out with sound the over….

I love the script and I just thought it was a great role. Like I say, it's like this - the script is like this sad, funny, desperate love song to the….

I was captured by the songs as much as the singer. They grabbed my heart. The reality of Country Music moved me. Even when I was a kid, I liked the s….

And for so long, I had thought if I was going to write a song, or get "into" something, I had to at least smoke a joint or something. And that didn't….

The music you make is shaped by what you play it on ... if you feel that you're not getting enough out of a song, change the instrument - go from an ….

You can keep rummaging around until you find a song you like, but you can't predict whether it'll hit or not..

I must have in stock 3000 songs you've never heard..

I have a notebook that I take with me everywhere. I free-write in it when there are situations that I know I can write a song about. I will just star….

I'd been in a couple situations where I'd seen bands realize that they didn't have to get a good take in order to get something that sounded like a s….

What's the coolest thing in the world is when you have fans that know the lyrics to your songs. That's amazing! Such a great feeling! When I go out t….

I would INSIST this record is in NO WAY COLD influenced. Don't get me bent though, I have been a huge fan of Cold from day one. One of the best most ….

I really like working with unique and unknown artists, as they usually bring something fresh to a song..

Dust into Dust, and under Dust to lie, Sans Wine, sans Song, sans Singer, and-sans End!.

The songs are definitely all about me. I am my favourite subject..