I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
Never believe anything you hear at a woman’s tit.
Wherever the hope of glory lives, hopelessness passes away.
With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better.
The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.
My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.
I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.
I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.
He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress becomes the part, just as a good singer becomes the song.
My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.
I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.
'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
