I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.
I just like playing songs with happy vibes and good feelings.
Half the time I feel like I'm appealing to the downer freaks out there. We start to play one downer record after another until I begin to get down myself. Give me something from 1960 or something; let me get up again. The music of today is for downer freaks, and I'm an upper.
As I grew up, a lot of the music was made to uplift the spirit.
I don't wanta do any Blues or any sad songs.
I don't really connect with super-sad, somber songs.
It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?
I don't want an angry song with no silver lining ending up on my album. Then I'd have to play, or feel obliged to play, that song every night in repetition as a mantra of anger.
Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?
I love a ballad but even too well if it be doleful matter merrily set down, or a very pleasant thing indeed and sung lamentably.
