I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.
“I don't practise any religion but I am deeply interested in the answers that mankind has come up with to explain the human situation.”
“One way of watering down the effects of violence is to approach it in a more lighthearted way. I don't mean to say that you laugh when somebody has their arm sawn off, but you can diffuse fear with humour.”