On Heartbreaker, I Had To Sing Those

Being A Rock Musician Is Already Like Ego-tripping Hardcore. You're Self-consumed, And You're Always Thinking. It's Really Easy To Say, "i'm Going To Write A Song About This Situation, And When I'm Done, Everyone Will Care." To Everybody Else, That's Ego-tripping.

It Sounds Like I'm Channeling Or Something, And I Don't Really Fully Understand What It Is. I'll Get A Piece Of Paper And Write Down What I Think Is Coming To Me. And I'll Play It Once. Whether It's Being Recorded Or Not, I Can Then Usually Remember It For A Sometimes Shocking Amount Of Time.

I'm Definitely In The Market For Being Uncool. There Was Some Funny Stuff, Like The Thing About Making Sure I Show People That I Have Tattoos And Cigarettes So That They Know I'm Badass. But Really, I Do Have Tattoos! And I Do Smoke Cigarettes Sometimes, And I Can't Change That. But I Am Not Badass, By Any Means. I Do Some Stuff That's Tongue-in-cheek, And Some Stuff That's On The Line. And It Could Be Funny, It Could Be Serious, And I Never Even Know Myself, Because It Could Be Funny That Day, And The Next Day It's Totally Embarrassing.

I No Longer Know The Author Of This Book, For Simply Stopping Long Enough And Writing It Down Was Where I Changed From A Boy With His Eyes Squeezed Shut To A Man With His Eyes Wide Open So That The Sunlight Might Reach My Heart Despite All That Darkness.

This Is Going To Sound Crazy, But I Can Hear Music In My Head. I Can Imagine A Piano Or A Guitar Playing, And I Can Sort Of Think Out.