If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should m….

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it..

The greatest love of all is happening to me.. So goes the popular song. It's a great song. It speaks to the heart, and deeply. It strikes powerfully ….

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song..

Feeling is always first for me in anything. I think the only way for sure that I know how do that is to write songs about things I feel strongly abou….

"Animal" is my favorite song because it's a reminder for me every night when I step on to stage that I am no longer a slave to fear. It's something I….

It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song..

Goddess of song, teach me the story of a hero..

I'd rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints - the sinners are much more fun..

By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone'….

The beauty of music is that everyone hears it their own way, and every song you hear leaves an impression on you that alters the way you hear everyth….

This is my life, these are my songs, this is my time and I'm ready..

I would get songs sung to me, like 'Old Man River, 'or kids would call me Mississippi and things like that. At the time, I wished I had a name that b….

I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves of my many woodland friends..

With the Stray Cats at least, we really took the music somewhere else. First, we wrote our own songs. That's a real weak point in modern classics if ….

I have enjoyed writing songs for so long... it felt like in order to make music that I could relate to myself, I would have to be a part of the writi….

I'm a bit of a book worm, so a lot of the songs I write are inspired by books..

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just b….

The jazz chord substitutions in a country song... that was another thing that bent people's ears. I guess that my favorites are the unique ones. It's….

I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I ….

When we, believers, sing our songs of worship, not only do we praise God through them, but we preach to ourselves. As we sing the truth of who it is ….