Although I was able to study music with teachers, I never studied lyric writing. I read poetry, and I read other lyricists. But they were never writing in the style or the form that I was interested in.

Every time the industry gets powerful, and corporate thinking dominates what the music is, then the music really pales.

There are two sorts of people in the world: Those who listen and those who are thinking about what they are going to say next.

Jay Ashby is simply a great musician!

The abstract music is just more interesting because it doesn't really have anything to say, but if it is good, it creates thoughts and feelings, and I enjoy that. For me, once the music creates those thoughts and feelings, I begin to write a song about it.

I don't consider myself to be a major talent, so the only solace I can take is to hope I'm growing.

I see a correlation between short stories and songs, because of their length and for what they're meant to evoke. Combine certain words with melodies and it all becomes very moving.