Being funny, it turns out, is like being a bank. It's a confidence trick. As long as everyone believes in you, you are fine.
The way you look for songs, you find yourself looking for little signals and clues about life and how things are.
That was a time when I did love music, I couldn't get enough of what was going on. Maybe it was Nirvana that brought me back. I guess it was a comfort because something that sounded so right - and non-commercial - had become so influential, so immediately.