There's a certain power in vague language, but I started to get more into the idea of really trying to have a discrete thought in the lyrics and to h….

The idea of letting a recording be a moment in time appealed to me. With digital recording, it's easy to create a perfect text of whatever song you h….

It's a weird job because making music or writing a song is a personal thing... and it kind of has to be. You can always tell when people are faking..

I give myself the luxury of time in shaping a song. It's very common for me to work three months or more on a single song. Plotting takes time and ef….

Besides my fast and slooow songs, I further divide my work into three main song types: the ballad or story song, the variation on a theme (saying the….

I am deeply saddened to hear the news of Dan's passing. He was a dear friend for many years. Dan & his music will live on in the great songs he share….

As a busker, one thing that does not work is self-consciousness. A busker needs to be working. A busker needs to shed all ego and get down to work. P….

Gather quickly Out of darkness All the songs you know And throw them at the sun Before they melt Like snow..

When I write songs I think about how it makes people feel, and I hope that when it goes into your ears you feel happy too. Not sexy happy but apple p….

I don't write songs thinking about formats, where is it going to get played, who am I gonna please, what's the outlet for it..

If you're not an actor, or if you're any other kind of artist, there's this sense that, "I must express this thing." Why make a painting if you don't….

I listen to all of my Dutch happy-hardcore songs from my raving techno days when I was about 14. It's the most horrible music ever. I think it's some….

The second song is called 'Easy As Life,' which really describes the complete conflict of the whole story, her struggle of being in love with the ene….

Soberity makes me write dull songs about reorganizing the knick knacks in my house..

The main issue was deciding what to play: Should it be old Ramones material or new material? I had about three albums worth of new material, but I kn….

People didn't know certain things about me, which... I was out of creative writing class in school, Syracuse University; had a B.A. in English and wa….

I am not much of a hand at love songs, you see I mingle metaphysics with even this, but perhaps in this age of Philosophy that may be excused..

I get sick when I think about someone going to iTunes and downloading two songs off our album. It's not meant to be listened to that way..

Queen songs are not about the life of a rock star - they tend to be about the lives of normal people, which is why I think the songs connect so much.….

I try not to say exactly what songs are about sometimes, because I feel like it ruins it for people..

True joy doth need no song to praise it, silence for love's delight is best..