I'm writing for the sake of writing music. Whether it gets heard or not isn't an issue for me. It keeps my own juices going and my mind active.

I would say the songs that have different lyrics. I always write the music first, and there's a couple of songs on this box set that have different lyrics from what ended up on the final recording.

Slow down you're doing fine You can't be everything you want to be Before your time Although it's so romantic on the borderline tonight Too bad but it's the life you lead You're so ahead of yourself That you forfeit what you need Though you can see when you're wrong

There ain't much future for a man who works the sea, there ain't no island left for islanders like me.

It's a little intimidating to walk into a studio and know that you're going to sing a duet with Barbra Streisand.

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I've written a bunch of stuff that no one's ever heard, and I don't know if they ever will. I'm just doing it for my own edification.