There was a f**king review in f**king Melody Maker [of the first BOSSANOVA single, 'Velouria'] - 'Sounds like someone's been taking singing lessons'. Like, motherf**king A! I am the singer. Who do sing SONGS. It's like I never sang before; like I was - I don't know - reading PROSE on my previous records and now I sing. EXCUUUUUUSE me for singing
My most cryptic, strange songs might be my most personal, but that isn't how people are going to receive them, because they don't know the code.
I don't want to do children's music. I write kids songs, but the kids songs I write are for my kids - like when I'm putting them to bed. We sing some song that we made up but I don't want to make a record like that.
I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.
The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.
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