As a songwriter, I have one rule: I always say it to the person before I write it in a song. If I feel that I can’t speak some truth to you first, I won’t sing it about you after.

Art imitates life.
Fiction imitates memory.
Avoidance imitates heartbreak.

I suppose if you can’t tell the difference when it matters, the next best thing is a metaphor.

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During the past few months of rehearsing at The Dandy Warhols’ “Odditorium” the folks at my label shot some behind-the-scenes footage of me messing around on instruments with no wires.

Here I am doing my traditional singer-songwriter impersonation with an older song of mine, titled “Monday Morning” on The Dandys’ grand piano.

🙂