I've always written songs with a visual counterpart in my mind that no one else can see..

I'm not a perfect song writer, but I am song writing problems with dynamics, instrument change and arrangements..

We play short songs and short sets for people who don't have a lot of spare time..

The fate of the singers who, like my songs, went up in flame was also the fate of the books which I later wrote. All of them went up in flame to Heav….

It was a matter of not seeing the woods for the trees. Glorious songs have been in Ireland forever, but a lot of these were so popular they were sung….

The ethic behind songs of conscience doesn't change, even though the issues are altered from generation to generation..

Being in a rock band is about touring. It's about writing songs and it's about making records but it's also about taking a wonderful smile onto that ….

It's a good time to say "Oh" and take stock and say, "Gee, how was I ethically this year?" That's the problem with faith, Joe. What it does is it kin….

I always thought songs are movies for the ears and films are like songs for the eyes..

I watch artists say they wrote all these songs and don't mention anybody else who was involved, and that's fine. I don't expect an artist to give me ….

Sad songs seem to work for me, but I don't want to be redundant; I want to add a little flavor..

I think I have to work to write a happy song. I write them carefully; they're simple and they're about when it's fun to walk down the street. You kno….

I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a better feeling. You evolve ….

I wrote songs all my life, where anyone wanted to hear them or not..

The one thing I've learned in the last ten years is that successful artists don't get paid to write and sing songs, they get paid for the psychologic….

To reminisce with my old friends, a chance to share some memories, and play our songs again..

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone….

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a….

A song is a song and a hit record can change a life..

I think you just have to have some rapport with the song..

Right now I feel so inspired, it's hard to believe. I've written about 20 songs in the last two days. I'd gone about four months without writing a th….