After It's Finished, Sometimes I Can Trace

I End Up Writing About All Kinds Of Things. I Never Make An Attempt To Write About Anything In Particular. I Don't Have A Little List Of Topics To Write About.

I Found Myself In The Middle Of A Race Riot When I Was About 14 Years Old, And I Found Someone Pointing A Gun At Me And Telling Me To Run Or They'd Shoot Me.

Songwriting Is A Very Mysterious Process. It Feels Like Creating Something From Nothing. It's Something I Don't Feel Like I Really Control.

The Songs Are Not Necessarily Autobiographical. A Lot Of Songs Are A Combination Of Influences. It Might Be Some Part Of My Life, Or Something I've Felt, Or Something Somebody's Told Me. It All Comes Together.

Renounce All Those Material Things That You Gained By Exploiting Other Human Beings.