She could only write with him at night and she was wasting her days just sitting around. So he thought I could write with her during the day. And that was Carole King.

Actually I was writing with people that didn't get records.

You made a lot of mistakes, and you wrote a lot of crap. But it was all part of the learning process.

But I'm someone who the more afraid I am, the more I want to do it to get the fear over with.

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

That's what it is every time you walk into the room to write with someone new. It's like, oh god I have to take my clothes off 'my creative clothes' and let them see all of my flaws.

Sharing a triumph with someone you love is an incredible high.