I really think that the Jersey Boys musical - and this is just my opinion - lends itself to being cinematic in some way, because its a jukebox musica….
Sitting in the flickering light of the candles on this kerchief of sand, on this village square, we waited in the night. We were waiting for the resc….
I think I'm just trying to be myself and write songs that are honest. That's what I hear in artist's that I like..
It was Rick's Rubin idea to have the 'Brooklyn' verse repeat. It already was a story, but having that made it a folk song. Instead of this rambling m….
If you can't write your song in half an hour, you're in trouble - which is always true..
The Country Music Awards were held Wednesday night at Universal City. The best country songs are always about drinking and guns and love gone wrong. ….
I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything..
Everything in life has its price..
I saw the Light,saw the myriad spirits flying loose up the Tunnel towards the celestial blaze, the Tunnel perfectly round and widening as they rose a….
Be serious. Folk songs are serious. That's what Pete Seeger told me. 'Arlo, I only wanna tell you one thing. Folk songs are serious.' And I said, 'Ri….
Whatsoever is, is in God..
I wanted to be different and original but still have it be something my fans could get into. There also are some big, beautiful ballads. I told my pr….
When I write - I always write on my own - I demo those songs on a four-track..
I had this talent for these stupid little teenage songs. I just couldn't get anyone to sing my songs, so I had to sing my own tunes..
The song is languid and speaks of love and loneliness and loss. Why does love seem to go with the sad things?.
I heard there were two local guys in town doing songs and comedy so I thought I'd take a look....they took my breath away...with their music, comedy,….
Once the rockets are up, who cares where they come down ? That's not my department..
I like my work to stand on its own as much as possible..
Once you write and record a song, it becomes everyone else's song..
But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a….
People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I ….