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

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.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

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.

There is no need to slander the nimit (one who is instrumental), it is only necessary to distance yourself from that nimit.

Sometimes, it turns out, the most important decisions in life are made by your dog.

I'm not an alcoholic, I only drink two times a year. When it's my birthday, and when it's not my birthday.

Mistakes are a drag, because you get in the area of regret and self-pity.

A bad review is like baking a cake with all the best ingredients and having someone sit on it.

People are quite frequently eccentric.

God wants to bless us where we are.

If every gnat that flies were an archangel, all that could but tell me that there is a God; and the poorest worm that creeps tells me that.

It's a business you go into because your an egocentric. It's a very embarrassing profession.

Have patience. Wait until the mud settles and the water is clear. Remain unmoving until right action arises by itself.