There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs..

All of my favorite songs can bring me to tears. Some are rock, some are blues, some are love ballads. That's why I play music - to touch other people….

I see myself as a traditionalist. I like traditional things. I like things of substance and value that have been proven. Conceptually, as the songs s….

An example I love: Diwata auditioned for the school play by doing a big number from Once Upon A Mattress. I went home and my boyfriend plunked out th….

I was in the ensemble and also covered the parts of Dee Dee and Mary!! I had a fantastic time doing this show especially when we performed in places ….

I've written a song for Prince. I never showed it to Prince, but just to see if I could do it. At the time, when I sort of knew him, he was recording….

There is no moral to my song, I praise no right, I blame no wrong; I tell of things that I have seen, I show the man that I have been As simply as a ….

To me the poets are closer than I am to the idea of voice, to a sort of primeval song that we all participate in..

On the song 'Dangerous,' it feels like a teenager picking up a new instrument and writing something with all of that naive excitement..

You would think with all the genius and the brilliance of these times, we might find a higher purpose and a better use of mind..

For three things I thank God every day of my life: thanks that he has vouchsafed me knowledge of his works; deep thanks that he has set in my darknes….

So what I do, more than play any instrument - I mean, I love to play - but more than that, I write songs. Songs that are about living, about what it'….

I cut my teeth playing rock songs on the accordion when I was a teenager and my friends always thought that was extremely amusing. I think that was t….

It's hard to really articulate what the parameters are that make one song parody-able and another song not, but if I can come up with a good enough i….

The songs I had are withered Or vanished clean. Yet there are bright tracks Where I have been..

What is so important is that you play for the artist and for the record and for the song ... everything else falls into place ... my solo has to be a….

The grandeur of man lies in song, not in thought..

The easiest thing I do is assignment songs. They tell me what they need me to write. I can do that fairly quickly. Writing for an orchestra is diffic….

I don't want people to sit and process the song. I want them to just let them bathe over them..

I've never really been a big fan of comedy songs, frankly. I think I enjoy the emotional payoff that the best music achieves to want to waste too muc….

To perform at the Cardiff Millennium Centre was amazing in itself - the theatre is an incredible venue and it was great to be performing so close to ….