It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.

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

I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year.

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