Love is the reason for it all.
A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.
A rhyme doesn't make a song.
Write what you feel. Write because of that need for expression.
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.
A songwriter should have friends who are similarly interested; should move about in the milieu of work he has chosen for himself.