There were incredibly few rock songs making it out to the airwaves until the '80s came along.

In England, rock music very rarely infiltrates the charts, but country music even less so.

Just follow your gut. If you seriously believe that something is the right thing to do, if you are so convinced that your stomach is knotting up every time someone suggests an alternative way of doing all this, take a deep breath and just say, "You're wrong."

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

If you can't handle the responsibility of a hit single, don't write one.

There were incredibly few rock songs making it out to the airwaves until the '80s came along.

When we try to write a pop song, we go for standard pop arrangements, even to the point where we will go to the key change at the end, which is really cheesy.