There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.

I'm thankful for my songs being at the top of the charts but I am human - I think people still have to remember that.

We have this habit of romanticizing the lives of writers. I remember when I was a kid, I was like, 'I want to be Kurt Vonnegut.'

I mean, I can sit down with a guitar, and in fact, we do two, three songs with just guitar and percussion.

I remember starting out and covering songs.

And I just remember, you know, breaking into tears and feeling so empty because, as long as Elvis was in the world, you always knew something was going and he always had something that kept everybody mesmerized.