So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
Most of the people that I went to school with - I went to secondary school - we were educated to go and work in the line at Ford`s, and if we were lucky, technical skilled labor. I sort of rejected that, and thought I wanted to do something else.
It`s not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don`t choose what to write about, I don`t choose my subjects, they kind of choose me.
So, in some ways, the political songs tend to be a bit more like reportage, whereas the love songs tend to be like novels, you can pick them up off the shelf and go into them any time.
