I've Always Hated Narrative Songs. I Hate

One Thing That I'm Really Interested In Is The Kind Of Esoteric Detail That Surrounds These Great Figures. And Wikipedia Is Full Of That Kind Of Stuff, Whether It's True Or Untrue. It Staggers Me: Why, In The Short Space Assigned To A Person Or An Event, That Kind Of Random Information Is There. To Be Honest, That's Wonderful Fuel For Songwriting.

Most People Wait For The Muse To Turn Up. That's Terribly Unreliable. I Have To Sit Down And Pursue The Muse By Attempting To Work.

Songwriting, I Have To Take Myself Away From Everybody To Do. It's An Unsightly Act.

My Muse Is My Wife. It's Not Some Vague Thing That Flutters Around The Astrosphere Or Wherever It Is. Sometimes As A Songwriter You Need Something To Hang A Song On, To Give It Some Kind Of Presence And Form. For Me, Susie Is That.

Well, As Anyone Who Actually Writes Knows, If You Sit Down And Are Prepared, Then The Ideas Come. There's A Lot Of Different Ways People Explain That, But, You Know, I Find That If I Sit Down And I Prepare Myself, Generally Things Get Done.