Everything written is as good as it is dramatic. It need not declare itself in form, but it is drama or nothing.

All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas.

The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.

Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.

I think the moment you start trying to please a fan base is when you start going downhill. I'm going to always, always write about what I want, even if it doesn't necessarily cater to most of them.

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.