I'll find a place to rest my spirit if I can Perhaps I may become a highwayman again Or I may simply be a single drop of rain But I will remain And I….

The creative processes are so mysterious..

In the end all that matters is climbing and pushing your personal limits. No matter the grade, if you climb something that was hard for you, then tha….

Particularly in my early days, I did very little rewriting..

Songwriting is Hell on Earth. If it isn't, then you're doing it wrong..

I like words. I like the way they clash around together and bang up against each other, especially in songs..

You certainly don't hear any country music on pop radio today. But for a while you did, and it was a lovely thing to have all the different genres of….

We as songwriters are in the same position as a professional fisherman. Our fishing grounds are kind of fished out..

You reach a certain point in your life where they things you do and say do make a difference..

I usually know what kind of song I'm after. I know what I'm trying to do when I start. I don't always get there. But I try to visualize what it's act….

What has worked before is never as good as something that has never been tried before, even if it doesn't work..

As I've grown - dare I say it - older, I had hopes of indulging my dreams of being a sailor..

We are really in a rut with the three-minute song. You know where it's going to go. If you're trying to get your message across sometimes it's wise t….

I believe strongly in inspiration, inspiration literally meaning full of the spirit. I do believe that it comes to you..

America's criminal justice system has deteriorated to the point that it is a national disgrace..

The people who are making money are the ones who are writing and singing their own songs..

Even if chords are simple, they should rub. They should have dissonances in them. I've always used a lot of alternate bass lines, suspensions, widely….

Someone left the cake out in the rain.