You noodle around with tempo and sound until you get the perfect fit for that particular song, and then, so long as you can sustain it, God is on you….

Even in the sad songs, I want people to know that it won't always be like that..

Whether the issue was black political power or nuclear power, Scott-Heron didn't mince words. His comeback record, "I'm New Here," doesn't mince word….

"After 17" is a song I wrote when my first daughter went to college, so that's kind of where I'm at in that part of my life. If you listen to that so….

The issues of poetry, and music, and dialogue with one another is the essential thrust of any song. The breakdown becomes the epoch, the language, th….

The song that's affected me the most profoundly is probably Michael Jackson's 'Thriller,' or, more specifically, the couple seconds of instrumental b….

My songs always tend to have a good element to the story. That is who I am - an optimistic person..

The only thing that really inspired me for singing was the movie and musical 'Phantom of the Opera.' I went to see it in the theaters, and I loved it….

I love finding songs, going through them, tearing them apart, and seeing if I can find anything wrong with them..

Over increasingly large areas of the United States, spring now comes unheralded by the return of the birds, and the early mornings are strangely sile….

I write almost everything, actually. Songs, poems, stories. And stories out of every genre, too..

Not any specific one, but I was a huge fan of Frank Jacobs, I guess he wrote the plurality of the song parodies for MAD, Sam Hart, a few others, but ….

For some musicians it becomes self-reflexive to think, "I have to write some of my kind of songs now.".

I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent..

The music kind of possesses me when I sing. So whenever I start to sing on a show - I mean, first, I'm nervous, and then when I get into it, it's jus….

When we focus on the song of our soul and heart, then others will be touched similarly. Sometimes people wonder or worry whether people will like or ….

I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a weird way, that's how I first learned the American accent: ….

The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I’m writing about, and that’s why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of ….

I've always said that if you have songs on the radio and get played, you've got to have a tour to support that..

Low gurgling laughter, as sweet As the swallow's song i' the South, And a ripple of dimples that, dancing, meet By the curves of a perfect mouth..

I've learned that people latch onto labels and stereotypes. There was a period when I was asked in every single interview how I liked being the new F….