Much of songwriting is simply a mystery.

The degree of customization possible through your Preferences screens is awesome.

If you can get humor and seriousness at the same time, you've created a special little thing, and that's what I'm looking for, because if you get pompous, you lose everything.

People ask how I feel about getting old. I tell them I have the same question. I'm learning as I go.

The words of the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenements halls and whispered in the sounds of silence.

And you read your emily dickinson, And I my robert frost. And we note our place with bookmarkers That measure what weve lost.

It's very helpful to start with something that's true. If you start with something that's false, you're always covering your tracks. Something simple and true, that has a lot of possibilities, is a nice way to begin.