Most Screen Violence Is Tedious.

When I Start Writing Songs, And They Come Easily, I'm Always Very Suspicious. That Usually Means They're Reminding Me Of Something I've Already Done Before. When The Songs Become Unsettling, And I Feel Anxious About What I'm Doing, That Usually Means It's Going To Be More Interesting Later On When We Actually Record The Stuff.

You Write A Scene, And It Works Or It Doesn't. It's Immediate.

What I Think About When I Frequent The Museum Of Natural History, The Metropolitan [museum Of Art], And I Look At These Artifacts That Are Taken Out Of Context And How We're Forced To View Them As Objects, As Relics, As Sculpture- Static. But What's Interesting Is What It Allows Me To Do In My Head In Terms Of Imagining What The Possibilities Are Or Imagining The Role In Which They Played Within A Particular Culture Which I'm Fascinated By.

And She Moves Among The Sparrows. And She Floats Upon The Breeze. She Moves Among The Flowers. She Moves Something Deep Inside Of Me

Outside The World Of Politics, One Person In The World Of The Arts I Would Mention As An Influence Is Nick Cave, Another Person Who Has Been Around Since The Late 1970s. He Has Developed And Changed Remarkably, Whilst Remaining True To His Vision. He Has Been A Great Help To Me As Well, Without His Knowing It.