...music is sometimes the only benign avenue of communication between antagonists.

I don't really know why an idea comes to me. But all of a sudden, an idea comes and from experience I can intuit what something means when an interesting line pops up. Or I can intuit what an interesting choice might be. And I can try a couple of different choices, and see which one feels right, and then continue the song to see where it goes.

And so you see I have come to doubt -All that I once held as true ~ I stand alone without beliefs -The only truth I know is you

It was the year of the Beatles, it was the year of the Stones, it was 1964.

There must be 50 ways to leave your lover.

Anthony Heilbut has been a guide and a mentor to me. I know of no one who has the love and depth of knowledge of this extraordinary author.

When I first heard Elvis perform "Bridge Over Trouble Water" it was unbelivable,and I thought to myself, how the hell can I compete with that?