That sense of failure, I don't know where people put it who don't write songs and aren't able to emote physically. It must go somewhere.

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.

I've always idolized people who can write songs.

To write you have to be able to know how to put words together.

I see songs not as a commodity used up when the album goes off the charts, which is often the case with pop songs. I see them as a body of work. Life should be breathed into them.

I can't really change my life to accommodate people who are jealous. I don't see why I should.