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I just love ballads. I am obsessed with them, so I've written a lot of those. They just kind of touch on all the different types of emotions. Though, I think poppy, feel - good songs are underrated and not seen as artistic enough.

I tend to gravitate toward ballads and mid-tempo songs.

I think that ballads are always something where I can really become one with the audiance.

Even on the most serious ballads, I'll throw in a tongue-in-cheek remark.

I have always been a sucker for ballads, but you have to be careful these days, you can't overload people.

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.

Maybe you could put it out there that I don't have a built-in dislike of ballads. That was kind of the reputation I had back in the Seventies. But I've come around. Ballads have become something of an acquired taste.

Music - not just the lyrics, but the music itself - expresses confused or illicit passions: rage, lust, envy, frustration, channeling these energies and creating an outlet for them.

If you break down most rock songs and look at the lyrics on a piece of paper, it's all about melody. It's all about presentation. And a lot of bands are really great, but you can't understand a word of what they say.