Very often the music comes first.

I think I need to be married. Having a wife and family makes some sense out of all that I do, because I can't make any sense out of 20,000 adoring fans watching me for two hours.

As a songwriter there's nothing more exciting than the unknown, the new and different.

My writing is different. I think it's better. I think it's deeper. But, strangely enough, it covers a lot of the old ground. Maybe it says it in a more sophisticated way ... but I [have written] about basically the same subjects over the years.

All my songs are based on melody, which is retrieved from my Jewish heritage. Melody will always exist no matter what the rhythmic changes there are.

Love is still a simple act of faith, and a faithful heart is always worth the wait.

Free, only want to be free, we huddle close, hang on to a dream.