I don't care how good a song is. If it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

No matter where I run, I meet myself there.

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

Love is the reason you were born.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.

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.

A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.