Me, I've Concentrated On Music Pretty Much

Don't The People You're Around Shape The Music, Is That What You're Saying? Everything Does.

I Don't Believe In Dressing Up Reality. I Don't Believe In Using Makeup To Make Things Look Smoother.

I Write Whatever Shows Up. That's Good Enough For Me. I'm Part Of The First Generation That Wants To Still Do Original Material And Not Tour Around As An Oldies Act.

Music Is An Amazing Thing. I Don't Know If We Really Think About It The Same Way We Consider A Painting An Amazing Thing. I Mean, A Painting Is, In Quotes, Imaginary. There Is Nothing On The Canvas When You Start; And Writing A Song, There Is Nothing There When You Start.

Raymond Chandler Managed To Write About L.a. His Whole Career. Should I Keep Going Writing About New York? Is That What I Should Be Doing? Songwriting Doesn't Work That Way.