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The big problem with songwriting for me is starting a new song. It's the thing where all the anguish exists, not in the writing of the song, but the starting of the new song. What do I write about? I never know.

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Some people, myself in particular, have an adversarial relationship with the camera, and it sprouts up in every photograph.

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The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.

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Getting married, for me, was the best thing I ever did. I was suddenly beset with an immense sense of release, that we have something more important than our separate selves, and that is the marriage. There's immense happiness that can come from working towards that.

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No, I wouldn't direct a movie, no. I couldn't. I don't have the patience for it, I don't have the people skills. You have to be clever. I'm not really clever in that kind of way. And you have to be able to manipulate people, but at the same time allow them to feel like they are manipulating you, to get the kind of movie that you want.

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What you're really after when you see a film or listen to a song is a singular vision, and I'm not sure how much of that you really get in Hollywood.

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Writing screenplays makes me a better musician because it clears my head. After writing a movie, I go running back to music as fast as I can.

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I have an armchair interest in gardening, but I don't like to get my knees dirty. I don't have a garden.

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Songwriting, I have to take myself away from everybody to do. It's an unsightly act.

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I have a particular dislike for children's films. I'm way past the novelty aspect.

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I suspect the older you get the more invisible you become.

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My muse is my wife. It's not some vague thing that flutters around the astrosphere or wherever it is. Sometimes as a songwriter you need something to hang a song on, to give it some kind of presence and form. For me, Susie is that.

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I'm not in the business of telling people what to do. I'm much more in the business of describing things, situations and stuff like that and leaving them out there, and you can make up your minds about them.

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I love being manipulated by what I see. I love weepies and romantic comedies where you're reaching for the Kleenex at the right moment.

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At the end, we're kind of observers - creative people, I mean. I feel like an observer, and I'm pretty much able to step out of things and see how things are playing out.

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I've always worn suits. To me they're a very practical kind of thing to wear. You put one on and don't really have to think about what you're going to wear.

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I always thought my records were number one; it's just the charts didn't think so.

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An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

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I'm not a misogynist, so you can dispense with that. I think I've done wonders for the feminist movement.

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If you took love out of the equation, I wouldn't know what else to write about.

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