But with writers, there's nothing wrong with melancholy. It's an important color in writing.

The Songwriters Hall of fame, that's the one all the big-time writers get into, the really great stuff, the Broadway stuff and all that. That would be something, to get your name in there.

I think people who create and write, it actually does flow-just flows from into their head, into their hand, and they write it down. It's simple.

John could write a mean song. He had a lot of venom in him. Whereas I had a happy childhood.

Whether it's a letter, song lyrics, part of a novel, or instructions on how to fix a kitchen sink, it's writing. You keep your craft honed, you acquire the discipline to finish things. You turn into a self-taskmaster.

When you make music or write or create, it's really your job to have mind-blowing, irresponsible, condomless sex with whatever idea it is you're writing about at the time.