How could I have kept out this incredible fiction? That's when it all started for me. I was, and still am, a HUGE Star Trek fan. "Songs Of The Ocean"….

Whenever any great song or album gets lost in the ether, someone is deprived of the joy of hearing it, and the great effort of those who created and ….

I've never liked songs that are about writing, or struggling to write. Maybe it's because it's too relatable to me..

There were nights when he took a deal more rum and water than his head could carry; and then he would sometimes sit and sing his wicked old wild sea-….

And then to sleep with a prayer for the beloved in your heart and a song of praise upon your lips..

The best songs don't get recorded; the best recordings don't get released; and the best releases don't get played..

Honestly, when I got to Hollywood I was trying to sell my songs..

When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things people respond to in my writing is that 'just say….

When you tell a story and connect with somebody through an emotion that's why they like songs..

I usually write my music on a piano, and I really enjoy performing that way, because that actually shows how the music was in my mind before it actua….

I never feel like I need to make a song that sells 5 million copies; that's not the point of why I make music. It's great if that happens, like it di….

The whole basis of the music is that people have these emotional attachments to these songs - whether they love it or hate it. Being able to manipula….

Walk on a rainbow trail; walk on a trail of song, and all about you will be beauty. There is a way out of every dark mist, over a rainbow trail..

When I was 10, I would hear songs like "I Love You Always Forever" by Donna Lewis on the radio, and I want to make stuff that a 10 year old might hea….

Everybody finished the song at different times. Dumbledore conducted their last few lines with his wand and when they had finished, he was one of tho….

I have a very connected history with Bilal. I heard his demo years ago. I heard all of the magic instantly. He's a master at interpretation of song..

These days I keep a journal, so I'm constantly sketching down my thoughts, or lines that come to me...ideas for songs. And then when I have a moment ….

I've been cataloguing samples for years, I have this massive library. Songs come out everyday so it's never ending..

I miss CDs. I miss listening to a whole album, even the lame songs that sometimes grow on you..

The first song I wrote was called "You" and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist. I remember them all because I used to always wri….

Beauty imposes reverence in the Spring, Grave as the urge within the honeybuds, It wounds us as we sing. Beauty is joy that stays not overlong. Clad….