In nature everything is valuable, everything has its place. The rose, the daisy, the lark, the squirrel, each is different but beautiful. Each has it….

I know what it's like to have a broken heart. I know what it's like to feel pain: When my songs don't become hits, it breaks my heart. There are a mi….

You should listen to songs and listen to what works. Listen to why a song is a hit. Check it out-not to imitate it, but there are certain things that….

I'm part of the party, getting the crowd fired up, singing songs, pouring drinks, whatever it takes to get them to have a good time. When I walk into….

So darlin' if your wonderin' why I brought you here tonight I wanna be your husband I want you to be my wife I ain't got much to give you but wha….

Now somebody will ask me, Pete, how can you prove these songs really make a difference? And I have to confess I can't prove a darn thing, except that….

You have to look at every one of your songs and be able to identify with them in a meaningful way. You can hardly sing your songs unless you're in th….

My favorite song to play is 'Smokin'' by Boston. I actually had a chance to play that with the band Boston live..

Music gets inside you, music captures you. Music becomes your heartbeat. It’s a drug and makes you feel whatever the song’s about..

I do know what my songs are about..

Politics are always involved, even in my love songs..

Believe in the power of songs..

I like messing up the song, doing some improvisation. And I like running around the room with the mic..

Song like a rose should be; Each rhyme a petal sweet; For fragrance, melody, That when her lips repeat The words, her heart may know What secret make….

I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the peo….

Between the Dinosaur Jr. albums and his recent solo albums, 'Several Shades of Why' and 'Heavy Blanket,' J Mascis is emerging as one of the last men ….

Whoever best serves the song is going to be served by the song.

I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know..

The music throbbed in a voice of singular and delicate power; the air was resonant with melody, love and pain. The meanest Italian in the gallery far….

We need the whole song, all the verses and the choruses to serve us as our own story unfolds because- trust me- life is hard, but God is good..

I used to have to come home and write and then record work tapes of those new songs. So now I can do it all on the road and that has been a huge diff….