Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

The man in our society is the breadwinner; the woman has enough to do as the homemaker, wife and mother.

A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.

I'm in the mood for love, simply because you're near me. Funny, but when you're near me I'm in the mood for love.

Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.

I began to be impressed by what made a good book-how you needed to have a sensible story, a plot that developed, with a beginning, a middle, and an end that would tie everything together.