“It certainly shocked me when someone pointed out last year that it had been so long (between albums), ... I gave Mick a call, and he said, 'It's time to get moving again.' ”
“I thought it was about time he owned up and stepped out of that closed shell. I knew he went through bad periods, even if he didn't want to write about it. I used to wrestle with that too. As a writer, you don't want to bore people with your own story. But you eventually realize that you're not the only one who is lonely or having problems.”
“So far I gotta believe (praise) because nobody has said anything else so it must be cool. For a little while when you've finished them . . . I wonder.”
