Civilisation has ever accompanied emigration and conquest - the conflict of opinion of religion or of race.
Emigration forced or chosen across national frontiers or from village to metropolis is the quintessential experience of our time.
Emigration is no longer a solution it's a defeat. People are risking death drowning every day but they're knocking on doors that are not open.
When I'm writing I'm constantly thinking about myself because it's the only experience I have to draw on. And I don't see an exact reflection of myself in every face in the audience but I know that my songs have validity to them and that's why the fans are there.