I'm Probably More Character-driven Than Plot-driven. It's

We All Get Outraged By Things And There Are Things That Make Us Angry And Maybe For A While We Get Angry Enough To Actually Go Do Something About It.

Surprisingly, I Don't Throw Away That Much. I Don't Move Forward With A Lot Of Things Unless They're Going Somewhere. You Also Have To Remember That When You're Working With Other Artists, You Have To Be Really Careful About How You Deal With That Stuff.

I Have No Shame In Making Music That Maybe, If You Listen To It Long Enough, You'll Realize You've Heard This Or That Part Of It Before. I'm Still Very Excited By An Amazingly Written Song, So That's Really The Thing That I Work On When I Make Records With People.

Well, It's 15 Years Since Sex, Lies And Videotape, And If You Hang Around Long Enough You're Having The Same Arguments With Just A New Set Of People Every Few Years And It Gets Boring.

I Know Why We Can't Have A Frank Discussion With Our Policymakers - If You're In The Government Or In Law Enforcement You Cannot Acknowledge That Drugs Are Anything But Inherently Evil And Morally Wrong.