One of the album's songs features Mary J. Blige, but I don't want to talk too much about it yet. I think you will hear the music that's been playing in my head when it comes out.
A Minor is one of my all-time favorite keys to play in. It's a very moody key, and also 'A' is the first letter of my name. It just represents the songs through my eyes.
It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.
My place in Scotland is in the middle of nowhere, so you've just got a keyboard, guitar, a little drum machine and you know if you can work stuff out like that, if you can hammer out songs that sound good just with those three things and a voice, you're on your way.
Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.
We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.
In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.
I don't have a special place or ritual for writing songs, basically I write songs whenever an idea hits me, in my hotel room, on the road, in the plane.
I heard the Bloc Party record Japan before it came out in the UK as they are on the V2 record label. I think it has a great vibe and has great songs. I also think the Kings of Leon are right up my street.
I mean, Tool has a style, but we try to make all our songs sound different from each other.
When we played with the Rollins Band, we'd keep songs going until we felt like ending it.
My approach is to be part of a band that makes music, not hit songs.
Many of the songs on Undertow were written at the time Opiate came out.
As yet, the Negroes themselves do not fully appreciate these old slave songs.
Any musical person who has never heard a Negro congregation under the spell of religious fervor sing these old songs has missed one of the most thrilling emotions which the human heart may experience.