When I write a song, it's all about the riff - the riff first, then the words come later.

The best songs I write in 20 minutes.

I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in which I write down phrases as they occur to me. That's how I write songs. I'll need a line and I'll go through the books and find it, the right rhyme and everything.

For me, it's all about The Dubliners by James Joyce. I love The Dead.

I write a thousand words a day.

I can write a song about my hero Che Guevara and call it 'Song for Che.'