Notes don't make music until you learn to insert silence between them.

Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I've got Joni Mitchell records, and they're great, and I couldn't possibly be that good.

Im really good at writing almost hits.

The music business is a weird business. Sometimes licensing doesn't happen because some business component that you never knew about stops it.

People learn at the rate they are going to learn.

I start songs all the time. If I weren't so lazy, I would finish them. It's like when I have a deadline I have to. I always feel very lucky that I am forced to make records at certain times. If I was forced to make 2 records a year, I would write twice as many songs. I can't make myself finish something unless I am forced

I think a lot of good directors listen to music while they're working. The songs just don't become a part of the film. They're replaced.