If You're An American Kid,

I Never Wrote Music Or Arranged Songs Or Lyrics When I Was Under The Influence Of Anything But Coffee. That's Not Gone Away.

And I'm Lost Behind The Words I'll Never Find And I'm Left Behind As Seasons Roll On By

Radio And Tv Can Still Push A Band, But Things Need To Be Shaken Up. There Is The Internet, But Mostly What I See There Is Little Kids On Youtube Playing Music.

I'm Pretty Critical, But I'm Also Pretty Good At Letting Go Once It's Done. There's This Existential Argument That Comes In, At Some Point, When You're Over-thinking The Songwriting Process. There's No Guarantee That The More Time You Spend Or The More You Concentrate On Certain Aspects That That's Going To Produce A Better Result, Especially In The Arts. Some Of The Most Brilliant Things That Someone Might Do Could Happen In Three Minutes Because It's Something That Just Occurs To Them.

I've Had A Long Career And I Want To Continue To Have A Long Career. The Way To Do That Is Not To Go Away.