There'll come a writing phase where you have to defend the time, unplug the phone and put in the hours to get it done.

Never give up, never slow down, never grow old and never ever die young.

Television news is now entertainment, and the stories are being written by the people that have a special interest in them.

It is a process of discovery. It's being quiet enough and undisturbed enough for a period of time so that the songs can begin to sort of peek out, and you begin to have emotional experiences in a musical way.

Einstein said that he never could understand it all, the planets spinning in space, the smile upon your face.

I typically will work on a lyric in a three-ring binder. On the right side, I'll write the lyric, and on the left side, I put in alternate things...and things that might be alternates or improvements. I'll turn the page and do it again. I'll turn the page and do it again, or incorporate the improvements. Eventually, I end up with some material, and often it needs to be ordered.

The sides are steep and the nights are long and cold down in the hole, light and love and the world above mean nothing to the mole.