Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

We became the songs we wrote.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.