Music to me is spontaneous, writing is spontaneous and it's all based on not trying to do it. From beginning to end, whether it's writing a song, or playing guitar, or a particular chord sequence, or blowing a horn, it's based on improvisation and spontaneity.

Where I feel this has cost me is in the personality situation, where you're expected to be a personality. You not only have to write and record, but you have t…

Someone once described me as a maverick and that's what I would say. I'm a maverick not by choice but by conviction.

When I was fifteen, I became a professional musician. I got involved with people and did certain things which led me to start making records and touring. And l…

If you're listening to this song You may think the chords are going wrong But they're not We just wrote it like that

Basically, I write from a two person standpoint. First, I let the song take hold and I put down the idea as a raw emotional statement. Then I let it breathe an…

When I start writing a poem, I don't think about models or about what anybody else in the world has done.