There has been a great laziness in my soul. Lots of days I could write songs, but I could also take my $400 and play the slot machines at the riverfront casino.

God, if there is a God, take my soul, if I have a soul.

Of course, I have no idea what you know and don't know. But I have managed to introduce these songs even to people who listen to a lot of music; maybe you have somehow managed to have missed them.

We're labeling it 'soul bubblegum.

I don't think that most songwriters can ever anticipate quite what their songs are going to mean to people.

Fortunately, I've never been very conscious and inhibited of what I have to do. The camera's my soul mate.