I married her just because she looks like you.

I don't ever try to anticipate my audience. I just write the songs I want to write, and hope people like 'em.

Beyond hoping that someone will like one of my songs, I don't think about how a song will be received. I just hope that, when somebody hears one of my songs, they'll want to hear it again.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

I don't know where creativity comes from, but I think everybody has the ability to be creative. I think what's important about creativity starts when you're very young and how we're allowed to experience our imagination. The people who bring us up and teach us are fundamental in either encouraging creativity or discourging creativity. My imagination was always encouraged.

I married her just because she looks like you.

If you forget the words to your own song, you can always claim artistic license. Forget the words to the national anthem and you're screwed.