Almost every band has somebody who's the main songwriter and who has a vision, a very clear idea of how a song should be.
It's a global fashion thing; because of the Internet it has gotten really small. It's cluttered, but it's gotten small.
Everyone gets frustrated and aggressive, and I'd sooner take my aggression out on a guitar than on a person.
I'm still a mod, I'll always be a mod, you can bury me a mod.
No man should have cowboys boots in his wardrobe. That's fair enough, isn't it? Unless you're a cowboy, of course.
I think you have to satisfy yourself first and foremost. There have been records I've been really, really pleased with that haven't connected with people. But I felt good about them. If you're making music, you must want to turn other people on to it, whether you're number one in the charts or number 60. I don't know, that's a commercial thing, but just the fact that other people like you. . . there's no point in making music, otherwise. Otherwise you might as well make it in your bedroom and leave it there.
An artist or writer always has to move forward. All the time you're trying to improve yourself, or at least look at ways to improve things or make things better. I'm not really one to harp on previous records. I'm always looking forward to what I'm doing now, and what's ahead.
He that fancies such a sufficiency in himself that he can live without all the world is greatly mistaken; but he that imagines himself so necessary that other people cannot live without him is a great deal more mistaken.
Words are useless, especially sentences.
If I traveled all my life And I never get to stop and settle down Long as I have you by my side There's a roof above and good walls all around You're my castle, you're my cabin and my instant pleasure dome I need you in my house 'cause you're my home.
I expect them to tell me things about myself I don't know.