I sort of recognize it, as opposed to shaping it. Oh, that's a good idea, that's a good line. I wonder where I can use that. And when you get into a rhyme group like 'not,' you got a lot of rhymes, you got a lot of choices. The more you do it, the luckier you get.

We had many more points of agreement than we had points of difference, but we did differ, and the bigger we got, the more insistent we got that each one of us should have his way.

Having a track record to live up to and the history of successes had become a hindrance. It becomes harder to break out of what people expect you to do.

Two times two is twenty-two, four times four is forty-four. When numbers get serious, they leave a mark on your door.

And a rock feels no pain; And an island never cries.

There's something about the sound of a train that's very romantic and nostalgic and hopeful.

A songwriter's supreme challenge is being complex and simple at the same time