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

Grab your coat, and get your hat Leave your worry on the doorstep Just direct your feet To the sunny side of the street.

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.

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing.

Love is the reason for it all.

Elizabeth Barrett Browning could write a poem two pages long. Could she have brought it to a music publisher?