Sometimes when you write a thing you think, 'Oh, this is good', and it's not a modesty or an immodesty thing, you just... it's just the same with anything; when you write a piece you just figure, 'Oh yeah, I'm on a roll here. This is good; I'm getting the hang of this'. Some pieces are better than others.

I think when you're making an album, as the songs are piling up, one of the good things about it is that you will often write the song that you need.

But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.

I'm only 49 years old. I'm still in the middle of this whole thing. I don't feel like it's finished at all. I'm still planning to write better songs.

I'm still looking to write a great song.... You always are. You know, you never think, 'Well, that's enough ... that's good enough.'

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

Every love song I write is for Linda.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

I think a domestic situation can change you and your attitudes. I suppose if you did get a bit content, then you might not write savage lyrics.