You Can't Please Everybody, Man.

There's An Infinite Amount Of Possibilities And Detours And Things That Can Distract You From Actually Just Performing The Song And Having Whatever Emotion That's Invested Into The Song Come Through In The Recording.

Whatever You Do Has To Be Commercial And It Can't Be Too Distracting - It Has To Be Background Music, Basically.

Sometimes Things In Life Take A Few Years To Digest, And They Find Their Way Into The Work Later On. Sometimes I'm Writing About Things From Eight Years Ago-they Just Took A Long Time To Distill And Come Out In The Appropriate Way.

No One Should Drive A Hard Bargain With An Artist.

I Think It's Interesting Being American, The Expectations For An American Guy, And The Image That Has To Be Projected. 'oh, I Can't Wear Pink,' That Kind Of Stuff. There's None Of That In Europe.