If I Don't Understand It, It Must

I Love America And I Hate It. I'm Torn Between The Two. I Have Two Conflicting Visions Of America. One Is A Kind Of Dream Landscape And The Other Is A Kind Of Black Comedy.

Because You Know When You First Become Famous, You Start Walking A Little Different Because People Are Staring At You.

Celebrity Is Ridiculous And Silly And It's Mad That People Like Me Are Listened To - You Know, Rap Stars And Movie Stars.

You Don't Become An 'artist' Unless You've Got Something Missing Somewhere. Blaise Pascal Called It A God-shaped Hole. Everyone's Got One But Some Are Blacker And Wider Than Others. It's A Feeling Of Being Abandoned,cut Adrift In Space And Time-sometimes Following The Loss Of A Loved One. You Can Never Completely Fill That Hole-you Can Try With Songs,family,faith And By Living A Full Life...but When Things Are Silent, You Can Still Hear The Hissing Of What's Missing.

What Turns Me On About The Digital Age, What Excited Me Personally, Is That You Have Closed The Gap Between Dreaming And Doing. You See, It Used To Be That If You Wanted To Make A Record Of A Song, You Needed A Studio And A Producer. Now, You Need A Laptop.