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

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

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

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 think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner.

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