I Write Songs From The Point Of

I Was About 12 Years Old And I Was Sitting Watching The Television And It Was Some Kind Of Talent Show, You Know, And On Marches This Monkey, This Ape, In A Pair Of Red-checked Trousers With A Little Matching Jacket Holding A Ukelele And It Started Jigging Around Playing It, And It Was Looking Straight Into The Camera, Straight At Me, And I Remember Thinking, That's It, That'll Be Me, You Know, That'll Be Me.

There's Always Pain Around. That's One Thing You Can Guarantee In Life - There Will Always Be A Surplus Of Pain.

I Used To Believe That If I Could Do Certain Things - Write A Book Or Be A Successful Musician - That I'd Be Transformed Into A Happy Person, But It Doesn't Work That Way.

My Music Has To Do With Beauty, And It's Intended To, If Not Lift The Spirits, Then Be A Kind Of A Balm To The Spirits.

If You Took Love Out Of The Equation, I Wouldn't Know What Else To Write About.