It's A Wonderful Life If You Can

The Idea Of Songwriting Is A Transformative Thing, And What I Do With Songwriting Is Take Situations That Are Quite Ordinary And Transform Them In Some Way. Apart From Things Like The Murder Ballads, The Songs I Write, At Their Core, Are Quite Ordinary Human Concerns, But The Process Of Writing About Them Transforms Them Into Something Else.

What You're Really After When You See A Film Or Listen To A Song Is A Singular Vision, And I'm Not Sure How Much Of That You Really Get In Hollywood.

The More Settled I've Become, The More Problematic My Characters Have Become. There Was A Period When I Wrote Sensitive And Gentle Songs And These Came At A Time When Life Was At Its Most Destructive. I Think You Write About What You Need, On Some Level.

Brother, Be A Brother, Fill This Tiny Cup Of Mine. And Please, Sir, Make It Whiskey: I Have No Head For Wine!

I've Always Hated Narrative Songs. I Hate Those Songs Where, Basically, It's An Unfolding Of A Story.