It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself.