When we love all the life we see, we see the love in all life..
My favorite Elton John song is "Daniel"; my son is named Daniel and he's partly named after my wife's father, but also partly named after that song..
Apparently there’s this kind of songbird that thinks it dies every time the sun goes down. In the morning, when it wakes up, it’s totally shocked to ….
The songs we sing invite the participation of the listener, who is central to finding a way of creating the life of the song at that listening. It's ….
Pure entertainment is not an egotistical lady singing boring songs onstage for two hours and people in tuxes clapping whether they like it or not. It….
I dream of songs. I dream they fall down through the centuries, from my distant ancestors, and come to me. I dream of lullabies and sea shanties and ….
I listen to everything. As I told you, sometimes I just want to shut off from music and be silent. Then I play a song and it's refreshing. It's almos….
Overall, I'm quite good with how I spend my cashola..
If leading worship is just about bringing a group of people into a room so we can get goosebumps and sing songs together, there's not much value in t….
Madonna has a very unique style and comes up constantly with these great songs..
I didn't have to sell my soul for money. I didn't have to go through trap music; I could just help Ye write songs and get money from it. So I knew wh….
My idea of making time for myself is writing songs. I never stop beating myself up about trying to be productive, so I don't really like to do a lot ….
The live audience, just getting an instant reaction off of an audience is the best part[of the show]. Being in the studio and working on your songs a….
I had a really bad blushing problem when I was younger. The first time I ever performed was in an English class. I had an essay that I was supposed t….
Paul Simon once said that a songwriter's supreme challenge was being complex and simple at the same time-writing songs with lasting depth that are al….
The incalculable winds of fantasy and music and poetry, the mere face of a girl, the song of a bird, or the sight of a horizon, are always blowing ev….
I was wanting to do an album but I didn't know if I was really ready. Jerry Wexler was one of my closest friends and allies, like my godfather. He sa….
Everything alters me, but nothing changes me..
I've been doing music for many years and after a point what is the motivation that drives you to compose and to do stuff? I did this song for the U.N….
I work hard and I will always work hard. But I feel very lucky with the way that it has all come together. I still have my hands and I can still writ….
What is good is what it's going to lead to, like the song "Jai Ho." If good numbers are going to come in the future, it bodes well for a lot of thing….