I write most of my songs when I'm in a bad mood.
I have all these revelations as I'm writing. Each song is like a chapter of my diary.
I've never forgotten a single record I cut or a song I wrote.
Our idea is simply to play the songs and to emphasize our musicianship.
I know every Skynyrd and about all Johnny Cash songs.
It wasn't until I wrote 'Hideaway' that I found the song I related to as an artist.
I make no apologies for being a huge fan of radio songs.
Some people take pictures; I write songs.
I'm a bit of a magpie: whatever I see or hear or read feeds into the songs.
I write songs from the heart, and I don't hold back.
I think I write songs because of pent-up feelings.
Some of the songs I've made, I'm really disappointed in how I mixed them.
One of my real goals was to hear someone whistling a song I'd written.
I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.
I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.
It was awesome because we were doing Ramones songs.
Nowadays it seems to me nobody takes trouble about anything, especially writing songs.
You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.
The kind of vocal exaggeration that I developed was based on what key songs were in.
Anyone can rehearse and play constantly any song in the world.
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
