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I Sit Around And Play Acoustic Guitar - Usually Acoustic, Sometimes Electric, Occasionally Piano, But More Often Guitar, Just Trying To Come Up With Tunes. Ideas Kind Of Pop Into Your Head.

I Suppose Ever Since I Was About 14, I Remember Listening To "sgt. Pepper's," And I Remember Thinking, "how Do You Possibly Write Songs Like That?" I Remember Starting To Try And Write Songs Around That Age, But Just Sitting Around With An Acoustic Guitar, And Try To Come Up With Ideas For Songs, And That's Just What I've Done Ever Since. I Just Never Really Stopped Doing That, I Suppose.

The Thing With Playing Live Is, Most Of The Audience Is In Their 20s And 30s. If You're Older Than That, You Don't Tend To Go Out To Shows Anymore. So It's Good If You Can Attract A Younger Audience Because They've Got The Energy To Get Up Off The Sofa And Go Out.

I Just Found Over The Years That It's Very Hard To Change People's Perception Of What It Is That You Do.

I Tend To Write, Either Myself, Or I Sometimes Write With A Co-writer, My Friend That Lives Up The Road. It's Usually A Relatively Solitary Thing, But I Do Like Coming Up With Ideas.