Pastoral Resources

When I come up with an idea about the way I feel, I can really state it strongly in a song.

I've had this song in a drawer for a long time, maybe seven or eight years. Every time I'd do an album, I'd take it out and listen to it, and always liked what it had to say. Plus when Garth came in and sang on it, that made it really special.

In fact my son subscribes to Pro Bull Rider magazine.

Racism isn't born, folks, it's taught. I have a two-year-old son. You know what he hates? Naps! End of list.

I remembered their songs but I had never owned a Beatles album.

He saw us play a few times in fact. I did this song called I Can't Keep From Crying Sometimes, and Jimi loved it. He paid me a huge compliment when he told me that he was thinking of doing something similar himself!

When I sent those scripts, that was the lowest point of my life. We'd just had our second son, and when I went to collect them from hospital, I went to the bank to try and get some money to buy some diapers, the screen showed I've got $26 left.

I don't want to be remembered as the son of Bruce Lee.

They really can't imagine what my voice is like. Every time I sing a song, they are very surprised.

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.

That is what intrigues me; songwriting and song structure and expression.

I feel safe and comfortable to do that once I know that the song structure around the bass part is very interesting and it satisfies me in a compositional sense.

Then, once I have lyrics, being able to shape them around a song is nothing new for me, I've been doing that for 25 years. The soul searching part of it, the spontaneous part of it, that was, and remains, a really terrific process.

For me, how I feel about what I wrote down turns into a song.

I am moved more by melodies, song structure, and evocative textures.

Well I live in Vienna with my wife and son, and I teach in Hamburg, there will be no changes in that respect.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

Of course, my family has been a big reason for me to come back, especially my son who loves the game of hockey - he was a big reason for me coming back.

I'm not claiming divinity. I've never claimed purity of soul. I've never claimed to have the answers to life. I only put out songs and answer questions as honestly as I can... But I still believe in peace, love and understanding.

I like songs and film because you can turn your life into a sort of myth or dream.