I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on….

I feel like I always had an ear. I have the ability and the gift to hear a song and really play it in a matter of five to 10 minutes and make my own ….

If I have a song that I feel is really one of my best songs, I like it to have a formal studio recording because I believe that something being offic….

When I was 17 I got a guitar for my birthday and started discovering Bob Dylan and James Taylor and the whole '60s thing, and that made me want to ma….

The little song and dance number at the end - that's me, my voice, howling out. It was a new experience for me. I've never sung before and I've certa….

Song is not Truth, not Wisdom, but the rose Upon Truths lips, the light in Wisdom's eyes..

As an artist, I move along in my life, into whatever things I'm doing, and I hear things where it's like, "Oh, that'd be a great [song] title! I'll u….

But the first time I had to stand up and sing with them was when we did the pre-record for the movie and it was that moment where I sort of said to m….

Lots of people say it's the song. For me, it's not always the song - there's something bigger: the spirit of an artist..

I've always been drawn to all kinds of music - to me, it's all the same. There's different arrangements and slightly different ways of writing, but i….

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself..

Listening closely to songs these days, there's a lot of lazy songwriting where people get away with it. I don't want to be too critical about it. But….

Songs are usually unfit for whistling - indeed, whistling (except to the person doing it) is unbearable..

The soprano has all those other instruments in it. It's got the soprano song voice, flute, violin, clarinet, and tenor elements and can even approach….

I have always been involved with radio, whether it was as an artist talking to radio about my own songs, or as a promotion man at Def Jam to working ….

Fear is the lock and laughter the key to your heart..

The very strength that protects the heart from injury is the strength that prevents the heart from enlarging to its intended greatness within. The so….

Old school Janet Jackson is always good. I usually go old school, it's very rare that I pick a song from nowadays..

I got a new song called "The Plug" and the hook says "I'm the plug/I'm connected to everything you love..

Song falls silent, music is dumb, But the air burns with their fragrance, And white winter, on its knees, Observes everything with reverent attention..

I'm singing these songs to inspire you, to keep you going, to lift you up and give you a reason to get up in the morning.