I always had a background belief in God. In other words, instinctually I've never doubted that we are not alone.

I guess when I was younger, I'd have assumed that in 2008 music would be full of great writers following in the tradition of the young great writers of the '60s and '70s, but it hasn't turned out that way, or at least there are no other writers around that I look at and think: 'Wow, I'm outclassed, I need to get out of this business.'

I ask myself when I see a new album: 'Is this an album that they needed to make, or do they need to just keep making albums?'

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