Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

During your life, never stop dreaming. No one can take away your dreams

They imprisoned Joseph to cage his abilities but God empowered him to manifest his potentials

The hated have no reason to love.

The mandate of the church is to promote kingdom expansion throughout the earth

But maybe music was not intended to satisfy the curious definiteness of man. Maybe it is better to hope that music may always be transcendental language in the most extravagant sense.

No moral system can rest solely on authority.

You are not special. There is no plan for you. Nothing happens for a reason. Just try not to die and shut up.

I was a psychology major. I think that definitely helps in general life; I enjoy trying to figure out why people are the way they are.

In the day-to-day, farm work is stress relief for me. At the end of the day, I love having this other career - my anti-job - that keeps me in shape and gives me control over a vegetal domain.

Make a strong commitment to reach your full potential as a human being.