I'll probably be writing as long as I'm breathing.

I'll probably be writing as long as I'm breathing.

Bad love is better than no love at all, at least you know you're alive.

You don't paddle against the current, you paddle with it. And if you get good at it, you throw away the oars.

Peter Cooper looks at the world with an artist's eye and a human heart and soul. His songs are the work of an original, creative imagination, alive with humor and heartbreak and irony and intelligence, with truth and beauty in the details. Deep stuff. And they get better every time you listen to them.

There are points in your life, especially if you have creative ambitions, where selfishness is necessary.

I grew up in a time when people believed in duty, honor and country. My grandfathers were both officers. My father was a General in the Air Force. My brother and I were both in the Army. I've always felt a kinship with soldiers; I think it's possible to support the warrior and be against the war.