Addiction is a really hard thing to kick.
Everyone felt as if they were doing something really important. This song, both musically and lyrically, relates to many of the things that are happening now, as the hardest hit areas set out to rebuild.
Being able to say something lyrically, to say something that will do more than just be words, is really hard. It's easy to do when you're writing a chapter of a book or writing poetry, but it's really hard to do when you're confined to a melody line.
The book is really, really dark, to the point where some people that I've talked to have said that it could be a series. And I'm like, Where? VH1? It's a little hard for VH1.
It's getting harder and harder to feel inspired to spend six months on a record.
It's hard to find vehicles for your music.
I love those Keith Richards solo records, but it's not the Rolling Stones.
They're the Liz Taylor and Richard Burton of our era.