In 1992, with the weight of a perceived world on our shoulders, we disappeared into a parking garage to write the songs that would change the course ….

What happened was I was a songwriter on Quincy Jones' publishing company, Qwest, for two and a half years before I gave him the song for Michael Jack….

I woke up this morning, Smiled at the rising sun, Three little birds, Sat on my doorstep, Singing sweet songs.

If you're recording the song on your four-track in your kitchen, when you finished writing the song, you're recording, and it's cool, and honor that.….

The challenge in writing the songs for The Aristocats truly fell on the animators & director of the film. Robert & I wrote the initial songs for the ….

I wanna kiss you in Paris I wanna hold your hand in Rome.

It feels like every single song is a chapter from a truly important novel..

I have to play really loose versions of songs I've made on the computer..

When I started out, I wrote the songs, recorded the songs, mastered, mixed, did the artwork, made the packaging and did the distribution, all myself.….

People are coming to shows on the strength of one song. I guess that's the way it goes..

As someone who listens almost exclusively to contemporary hip-hop and R&B, I definitely like "No Bullshit" by Chris Brown, and melodically I'm really….

My songs have always been frustrating themes, relationships that I've had. And now that I'm in love, I expect it to be really happy, or at least ther….

Walt Disney was a great believer in the use of song to convey story. He was primarily a storyman & story-driven songs were his 'pets.' He always aske….

While I was there, I was just gathering images and names, and ideas and rhythms, and I was storing all of these things - which I didn't realize I was….

If I had to choose a song to listen to before I died, it would be Simone singing Começar de novo..

We try to write the best songs ever, and they come out kind of funny..

There's definitely some pieces in there that reflect on my personal life, but really, they aren't as personal as everybody thinks they are. I would l….

If you want to say you got to take a woman out to a fancy restaurant, I write songs about hey I'm not taking you to a fancy restaurant, I wanna take ….

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, an….

I just wanted to have some songs I could stand behind, and when I'm on stage just be loving it. People ask me why I did that and I think perhaps it's….

I'm glad people think I'm a badass. I'm a rock and roller, and I'm an R&B and a blueswoman. I don't do fairy music, although I love Celtic music and ….