John [Travolta] and I have remained very close friends ever since we did Grease. When I was told that "You're the One That I Want" was named the #1 d….

It costs $2,500 to purchase a song and I know from experience that I like to score with songs..

Nothing works unless you do the work..

I do kind of transcend the song and give it a different meaning..

I've written probably over 200 songs that have a verse and a chorus and that's it..

A first ascent is a creation in the same sense as is a painting or a song.

If I know a song of Africa, of the giraffe and the African new moon lying on her back, of the plows in the fields and the sweaty faces of the coffee ….

I guess the approach to song writing for me so far has been to use more chords and less math..

It was the British rockers that saved me. They brought me to a different generation altogether [in the 60th]. The Who and The Yardbirds and Georgie F….

In some ways, I've always approached singing as acting, and the voice is just like a way of carrying the song..

I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer..

I'm short, I'm Jewish and I'm a liberal.

I was trying to write a song based on a story in a random book of Puerto Rican short stories that I found in a thrift store. I thought it was really ….

I had been, like, 'I don't wanna be a singer anymore', so dramatic, but when I was recording with Brian Higgins I was like, oh my god I love this, I ….

Thought is the thought of thought..

So along with several very popular Internet sites, talk radio has served as alternative media that gives listeners information that they otherwise wo….

She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet was the night Softer than satin was the light From the stars She wore blue velvet Bluer than velvet were ….

The vocals are what immediately draw people in and sell the song..

I think I had actually served my apprenticeship as a writer of fiction by writing all those songs. I had already been through phases of autobiographi….

I'm doing more than just making songs for the radio. I want it to be a well rounded sounding experience..

We are lied to by our love songs..