I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.
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I'd love to say that I could write political songs, but I don't feel clued-up enough.
I don't set out to write a political song. I am not one of those that feels compelled to write about what's going on.
I do write songs with a political dimension to them sometimes, but I'm always slightly appalled by it when I do.
I don't really write songs anymore.
It's hard to write music for specific things, because I'm always writing just to write.
I don't think I'm a political songwriter as much as I am just a political person. I think it's in my fabric.
Writing is not work. In fact, there's nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.
I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.
I've never written a political song. Songs can't save the world. I've gone through all that.
I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.