#1. > « Then we go on to C A U G H T A L I T E S N E E Z E and > she’s still vampiring, she needs that boy blood. You can say you > are beautif...
#2. > « There’s a lot of symbolism in it, there are moments when I turn > around and I say something like: > "she’s convinced she could hold ba...
#3. > « P R E C I O U S T H I N G S is a song that came to me when I > was living behind a church. > > I was about 24 years old. I had a roommat...
#4. > « I wish she had been on Pele, cause I think it would have been > kinda cool for a volcano to say: > “THIS IS COOLING FASTER...
#5. > « Some of you know that we like really good wine. So, I wasn’t > quite sure if um, the things I was seeing was from that, or if they > were really happe...
#6. > « I think that there is a place where she realizes that people come > in and out of your life, sometimes for one day, sometimes for > longer, and all of th...
#7. > « Anastasia Romanov… it’s not like I’ve read loads of books > on her. I was aware of the family and that’s about it. So I’m in > Virginia, and I h...
#8. > « The whole thing about S I R E N was I was asked to do this > music to this film, Great Expectations. And when I saw the rough cut > of the movie i...
#9 > « B EA U T Y Q U E E N and H O R S E S came in one take. It > was all done as you hear it, live with the pedal of the Leslie. > Recording th...
#10. > « S I L E N T A L L T H E S E Y E A R S was foundational. I > started writing it for Al Stewart (the melody, not the lyrics) > because he’d ...
#11. > « F A T H E R L U C I F E R is really about going to have a cup > of tea with Lucifer, which I had to do. > > Now, when I say Lucifer, I�...
#12. Surrender then start your engines you’ll know quite soon what my mistake was for those on horse back or dog sled you turn at the bend in the road I hear she still grants forgive...
#13. > I was leeching off the men in my life. Don’t get me wrong, they > were leeching off me, but I didn’t like who I was. > > My dad and I were walkin...
#14. > « In P R E T T Y G O O D Y E A R I REFUSE TO GIVE PITY. > That was the main thing. Of course this was the worst year of > Greg’s life; it�...
#15. > « The songs started coming. > > B L O O D R O S E S was the first, and it was that feeling of > ripping open your vein and going “this blood has ...
#16. > « When I make the reference to Neil Gaiman and Patti Smith, or when > I say “deck the halls”, this is going into the past where I had > visions of how...
#17. > « I was in love with this boy when I was five years old and I knew > we could really make it work. I was trying to convince him and he > took this hamm...
#18. > « My friend Karen Binns and I were talking about the idea of > betrayal, and friends who don’t stay friends because you feel > they’ve crossed some kind...
#19. > « I was going through something in my life, and I felt the > presence at the end of my bed of a ghost of someone I recognized. I > was in a hotel room ...
#20. > « Bells started going off every time I wouldn’t stick up for > myself. > > I accepted Quasimodo was a squatter in my cerebral area. > > A rhythmic...