I do ballads that say what every man wants to say and that every woman wants to hear, or I do songs about social issues..

The program director at a radio station, by the way, is not the superstar. If he was a superstar, he'd be out creating songs, but he's not. But he wa….

There is drinking in lots of the songs because there is drinking in life. Drinking stimulates the imagination..

When love moves to the fifth center then whatever talents you have, any creative dimension, is possible for you. This is the center of creativity. It….

Early on I was just a kid in a cowboy hat with a bunch of other guys in a room that were putting out some records. Now thank God, in the past 3 or 4 ….

I think my first hit was the first song I ever wrote. I actually wrote it in 2005 in college. The title of it is called "Ain't Ready”. It's just talk….

I've written a lot of wordy, erudite, pretentious songs, but believe it or not, I'm usually doing my damnedest to resist the temptation to be overly ….

I'd like to teach kids how to write songs. This will be my first year so I'm just as green as some of the rest of the folks. It's like a music camp a….

I've had songs written during the Falklands war, and during the first Gulf war I got letters from soldiers saying they were listening to these songs,….

Come a little closer, love the way you look tonight My eyes are the only thing I don't wanna take off of you.

I really enjoy the therapeutic value of writing songs..

A song can take you to a special time in your life..

I can't write songs unless I am in love..

Songs came first. I started out in 1965 trying to copy the Beatles, Bob Dylan, and the Stones, like most kids I knew. I'm still trying. Songs are har….

I think that lyrically, 'Safe' is a very positive song: it's very strong; it's about keeping somebody safe and protecting people. I think everybody a….

My son youngest son David's favorite song - he plays guitar - and he likes "Devil Pray." That's his favorite..

Irish music is guts, balls and feet music, yeah? It's frenetic dance music, yeah? Or it's impossibly sad like slow music, yeah? Yeah? And it also han….

By your own soul, learn to live. If some men force you, take no heed. If some men hate you, have no care. Sing your song, dream your dreams Hope your….

You wind up listening to one song that you really like 30 times on YouTube and then you're done with it. That's the way it is..

People used to say poems were different to songs but I don't think they are..

I see God as a song-and-dance man. If I had my way, he'd be able to carry a tune, too. Preferably, one of mine..