People think once you get famous and rich you move out of the public sphere and you have nothing left to write about. I've heard that - Bruce Springsteen was this real street boy, now he's got this big house. How does that compute? If you don't look at the material side of someone's life, if you look at more the emotional side, there's always a wealth of stuff to write about.

I meet so many people that just sort of say, "I want to thank you for your music. It really helped me" or "It changed my life."

The music publishing I own is fabulous recording.

Lady Madonna lying on the bed Listen to the music playing in your head.

I just start singing some words with a tune. I don't ever write a song thinking, Now I'll write a song about... .

I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.

When I sit down to write a song, it's a kind of improvisation, but I formalize it a bit to get it into the studio, and when I step up to a microphone, I have a vague idea of what I'm about to do.