One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.

There's so much fear involved in trying to do something you don't know how to do that drugs and alcohol can become a big part of your life if you have an addictive personality or are very unsure, which most songwriters are.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

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