People often called us perfectionists, but we were not looking for perfection. We were looking for some kind of magic in the music.

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.

Don't want to end up a cartoon in a cartoon grave yard.

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

I know a man He came from my home town He wore his passion for his woman Like a thorny crown He said "Dolores I live in fear My love for you's so overpowering I'm afraid that I will disappear

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.

Maybe I think too much for my own good.