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Rock Records. It's The Main Source Of Inspiration For People - Fans, Or Musicians, Or Both - To Act Out In Ways That They Wouldn't Normally Act Out. Especially Rock Critics. Ultimately, Records Don't Really Hurt Anybody, And Neither Do Reviews.

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.

A Lot Of My Songs, They're Like Puzzle Pieces, And There's Just One Way To Put Them Together. You Could, If You Needed To, Get The Scissors Out And Cut Up Things To Make Them Work. But I Don't Want To Do That.

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.

I Went Down To Houston And I Stopped In San 'antone, I Passed Up The Station For The Bus. I Was Trying To Find Me Something, But I Wasn't Sure Just What... Man, I Ended Up With Pockets Full Of Dust.