At the point where I'm trying to force something and it's not happening, and I'm getting frustrated with, say, writing a poem, I can go and pick up the brushes and start painting. At the point where the painting seems…

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I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I love you when I forget about me.

I love you when I forget about me.

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

Paul Simon started piling up a lot of words, more than the bar could handle,...

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

You have this mounting aggressive ignorance with the rabbit's foot of their particular religion. You...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I want to have fun. I want to shine like the sun. I want to...

I hate show business.

I hate show business.

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

You know, Neil Young is singing Rock n' roll will never die, and Neil never...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

All I really, really want our love to do is to bring out the best...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

This is a nation that has lost the ability to be self-critical, and that makes...

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Tears and fears and feeling proud to say 'I love you' right out loud.

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

Everyone I know has attention deficit, and they say it with great pride. It's a...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.