I think it is an inborn talent - just luck. Some people can learn languages; some can throw a ball. Most people have something. My talent is drawing and painting.

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I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man...

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man...

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go...

What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go...

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years...

I have always been making art from an early age but for nearly forty years...

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

I make paintings, try to get others to look at them and hopefully buy them.

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get...

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get...

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to...

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to...

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of...

I don't have much of a problem with interruptions. I keep a detailed record of...

I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything...

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything...

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're...

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're...

Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career.

Don't think of your courses as providing all you need for your career.

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a...

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a...

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the...

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the...

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.