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..
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..
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..
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….
Do not seek to be loved at any price, because Love has no price..
How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a HUGE Star Trek fan. "Songs Of The Ocean"….
I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me..
The best songs don't get recorded; the best recordings don't get released; and the best releases don't get played..
Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs..