“There was this wonderful day where we sat and listened to all of Andy's [Kim] songs throughout the years, and I think we spent around six hours at my house, and then we played all these tunes of mine that have never found any version. And "Heaven Without a Gun" is one of them, and it struck him. If you can find a compadre who doesn't live in the literal world 'cos you're not always fighting to explain yourself to make sense, that maybe it's the dyslexia, maybe it's the dreamer, maybe it's the idea that grammar was not your foreplay - excuse me - see what I mean, your forte.” IfsThinkingWorldYearsMeanIdeasSongFightingFoundHouseHeavenHoursWonderfulMinesSixGunExcuseVersionsMake SenseSatTunesDreamerGrammarLiteralKimExcuse MeDyslexiaForteWonderful DayAlways FightingExplain Yourself Author:Kevin Drew
“As an artist, expectations are basically your enemy. If you're truly making something to make it, then you're not thinking about anything else except what you're making.” IfsThinkingArtistEnemyExpectations Author:Kevin Drew
“I suddenly thought about being backstage, and I think it shocks you to meet the people you shared your bedrooms with. And a lot of them either take themselves too seriously or don't know how to take themselves at all. But I wanted to be aware in a very sarcastic way that every song I've written has probably been written about 12-16 times before. And doing that makes it very hard for me to accept serious singer-songwriters in the world, the up-and-comers, the ones who are out there who let that define their every move, who live and die and breathe for it. It's a bit of a tragedy, I think.” PeopleThinkingWorldMovingSongAcceptingSeriousTragedyBreatheSarcasticBedroom Author:Kevin Drew
