I Used To Think It's Better If

The Inmates And Prisoners, I Found They Were My Kind, And It Was There Inside The Bars I Found My Peace Of Mind.

Gotta Head Full Of Ideas That Are Driving Me Insane.

I Was Never A Topical Songwriter.

Being Singer Is Different Than Being An Actor, Where You Call Up Sources From Your Own Experience That You Can Apply To Whatever Shakespeare Drama You're In. But An Actor Is Pretending To Be Somebody, A Singer Isn't. And That's The Difference. Singers Today Have To Sing Songs Where There's Very Little Emotion Involved. That And The Fact That They Have To Sing Hit Records From Years Gone By Doesn't Leave A Lot Of Room For Any Kind Of Intelligent Creativity.

If You Like Someone's Work, The Important Thing Is To Be Exposed To Everything That Person Has Been Exposed To. Anyone Who Wants To Be A Songwriter Should Listen To As Much Folk Music As They Can, Study The Form And Structure Of Stuff That Has Been Around For 100 Years.