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

We became the songs we wrote.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

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

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

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