When sadness comes, accept it. Listen to its song. It has something to give to you. It has a gift which no happiness can give to you, only sadness ca….

I have always been heavily involved in every album I have ever made. I'm very stubborn when it comes to recording and will only record songs I love, ….

"Dead upon the field of glory," Hero fit for song and story..

Eriugena and other Celtic teachers speak of Christ as our memory, as the one who leads us to our deepest identity, as the one who remembers the song ….

Songs give you incredible opportunity to convey a tremendous amount in a relatively short period of time. The first thing that John Powell, our compo….

When writing I just go with the song. I go with the song and try to tell the story. So the story may be "Wonderful Baby", which is a little song. Or ….

The best way to write a song is to think of something else and then the song kind of creeps in. The beginning makes no sense whatsoever. It just, lik….

I love music, from shanty sea-songs to Calvin Harris..

Songs are often written by people who are witnesses to history..

I think the more the listener can contribute to the song, the better; the more they become part of the song, and they fill in the blanks. Rather than….

Songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now theyre getting shorter. But otherwise, music is about a beat and a message. If the beat gets….

There are no accidents in Nature. Every motion of the constantly shifting bodies in the world is timed to the occasion for some definite, fore-ordere….

I am a composer first and foremost, and have always believed that being able to write memorable melodies is what sets musicians apart. My songs bring….

I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Fa….

As a songwriter, you might write every day and throughout the course of a year you might get four songs that are really special..

It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these thr….

I feel like a good song is one that ticks all the boxes, but a great song is one that has this kind of special quality that just resonates with peopl….

Sometimes I just get into the zone of the song, but in the outset I feel like I love to cater to people - but not necessarily at the expense of my ar….

I'd love to cover an 'Incubus' song. I don't think anybody in a cowboy hat on a country stage has ever done that, and I'd love to be the first..

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling..

I've never really gotten into the whole labels thing. There were times I would cover a pop song, and people would say 'You sound really country.' I g….