For they both were solitary, She on earth and he is heaven. And he wooed her with caressed, Wooed her with his smile of sunshine -Song of Hiawatha, H….

I have always had to write songs. As a lifestyle and as a business model, it's pretty difficult. Largely at this point I'm so deep in. I have a lot o….

I always thought I wrote good bridges. I was a bit more impressed with the bridges I wrote than maybe the songs I wrote..

I find on songwriting, I really have to work at making sure I'm not imitating myself. You know? Which happens to all of us. When an artist becomes re….

How sweet the harmonies of the afternoon! The Blackbird sings along the sunny breeze His ancient song of leaves, and summer boon; Rich breath of hayf….

I have written quite a lot of songs about dealing with my feelings surrounding the disease. I have written songs about the fear and anxiety I have ar….

You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to d….

I know where my heart is and I know that I can make people feel something with my music. I'm quite confident in what I am doing, so if I can also mak….

There is a certain standard of grace and beauty which consists in a certain relation between our nature, such as it is, weak or strong, and the thing….

Yoochun makes great songs..so I want to go fishing w/ him. That way I can be closer to him as well..

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me..

My memory is not so good so my most memorable show is the last one I played. Songs are written with intention but they only emerge in the moment..

When you do a song new live on stage, it's kind of a bit weird until it gets worn in, you know, like oiled up a bit. It's still a little bit stiff un….

And all the books you've read have been read by other people. And all the songs you've loved have been heard by other people. And that girl that's pr….

Wake up to find out that you are the eyes of the world, but the heart has its beaches, its homeland, and thoughts of its own. Wake now, discover that….

It was a very bizarre experience for me, to get the songs together, go in there, and try to deliver them as I would perhaps in a live setting. But I ….

I love most 70's song writers, not so much outlaw, but really those 70's guys. I'm a big fan of Johnny Cash and Willie Nelson, those guys..

Typically there are little fragments of specific words and images swimming around in my mind, and then at some point, I'll sit down with the guitar a….

At the party, Rob Partridge said to me, "You gave hope to other balding men." My new epitaph: "Co-wrote a couple of decent songs and went bald shamel….

The scariest thing in it may be the way the clock radio has a way of turning itself on, loudly, of its own accord. The song is always the Carpenters'….

It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together..