In Scotland, Beautiful As It Is, It

It's Frustrating To Do Albums That You Think Are Worth Listening To, But It's Just So Difficult To Cut Through.

It Strikes Me There's A Bunch Of People In Power Who Have Really Strong Intentions Of Running The World And Adjusting The World To Exactly How They See It.

I Suppose Ever Since I Was About 14, I Remember Listening To "sgt. Pepper's," And I Remember Thinking, "how Do You Possibly Write Songs Like That?" I Remember Starting To Try And Write Songs Around That Age, But Just Sitting Around With An Acoustic Guitar, And Try To Come Up With Ideas For Songs, And That's Just What I've Done Ever Since. I Just Never Really Stopped Doing That, I Suppose.

I Tend To Write, Either Myself, Or I Sometimes Write With A Co-writer, My Friend That Lives Up The Road. It's Usually A Relatively Solitary Thing, But I Do Like Coming Up With Ideas.

As You Get Older You Don't Want To Just Do The Same Thing, Otherwise There's Not Much Point. I Think It's More Or Less Trying To Write Things That, Perhaps, Say More By Doing Less, Or You're Always Trying To Refine Things, Make Things A Little Simpler, A Little More Essential.