I use three main tools in writing: instinct, hard work and dumb luck. Dumb luck is missing a train and, while you wait for the next one, writing a ke…

- David Massengill

Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story song, the variation on a theme (saying the…

- David Massengill

Stories were primarily verbal to begin with. Before there were cave paintings, stories were told over generations. We tell each other thousands of st…

- David Massengill

My favorite duo since Thelma and Louise. They got chops, heart, and soul stirring harmonies.

- David Massengill

I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single song. Plotting takes time and ef…

- David Massengill

I admire the ballad form most of all. Stories are irresistible. I've always had a passion for stories, the endings being of particular importance.

- David Massengill