We became the songs we wrote.

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

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

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

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

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

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.