We became the songs we wrote.

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

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

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

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.

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.