Let the disappointments pass, let the laughter fill your glass.

Self-discovery in songwriting, bringing something forth that's instructive to yourself - some of the best songs that you will ever write are the ones where you didn't have to think about any of that stuff, but nonetheless that's what's happening in the song.

When you turn out the light, I've got to hand it to me. Looks like it's you and me again tonight Rosie.

You can take as much as you can from the generation that has preceded you, but then it's up to you to make something new.

When you've found another soul who see's in to your own...take good care of each other..and remember to be kind.

Caught between the longing for love, and the struggle for the legal tender, where the sirens sing and the church bells ring, and the junk man pounds his fender. Where the veterans dream of the fight, fast asleep at the traffic light, and the children solemnly wait for the ice cream vendor.

That folk music led to learning to play, and making things up led to what turns out to be the most lucrative part of the music business - writing, because you get paid every time that song gets played.