The Early Gigs Were Pretty Panicky -

Where I've Arrived Now Is The Product Of Mixing The Very Straight With The Very Exploratory; There's A Fine Line Between The Two, Although It Tends To Be Getting Straighter And Straighter Because My Songwriting Is Getting Better.

We Do This For The Art, Not The Adulation. I'd Rather Our Music Get Liked And We Get Ignored. I Don't Want To Be Adored For Anything Other Than The Music.

You Watch The Country-music Awards That They Show On The Television, And You See Country Music Has Reached About 1985. It's All Huge Processed Drum Sounds And Chiming Chorus Guitars And Programmed Synths Bobbling Along In The Background.

Brain Gets Bent, Heart Gets Broken You Can't Jump Off Once The Pages Turn School Is Out But Never Over That's The Only Lesson You Can Learn

You Know, I Was Such A Big Beatles Fan, And When I'd Buy A New Album I'd Invariably Hate It The First Time I Heard It 'cause It Was A Mixture Of Absolute Joy And Absolute Frustration. I Couldn't Grasp What They'd Done, And I'd Hate Myself For That.