I've Always Done A Lot Of Research

Writing Is A Necessary Thing For Me, Just To Keep Myself Level. It Has Beneficial Effects On My Life.

My Responsibility As An Artist Is To Turn Up At The Page Or The Piano Or The Microphone. The Rest Is Up To God.

You Know, An Idea Is Just An Idea. There Seems To... The Kind Of Epiphanies That You Have, Like The Little Sudden Bursts Of Light, They're Very Small And They're Very Short And It's The Pursuit Of The Idea That's The Important Thing. . . . I Know A Lot Of People Who Have Way Better Ideas Than I Do That-much More Frequently Than I Do That Just Can't Sit Down And Actually Do It. Ideas Are Such Are A Little Overrated Really; It's The Work Behind The Idea That's The Important Thing.

I've Had To Try And Find A Way Over The Years Of Writing Narratively That Doesn't Really Require You To Sit Down And Work Out What The Story's About. You're Brought Into A Sort Of Sequence Of Images That Have That Emotional Resonance, But It's Kind Of Irrelevant What The Actual Story Is. It's Taken Me Maybe 13 Albums Or Something To Work That Out.

I Think It's An Essential Fact For Any Performer Or Artist To Fail As Poignantly As They Can Succeed.