I like the idea of taking a true classic written by a true genius and essentially destroying it!

The easiest thing I do is assignment songs. They tell me what they need me to write. I can do that fairly quickly. Writing for an orchestra is difficult. Writing songs [on your own] is most difficult of all. Though [writing for] the orchestra is close.

The best of my songs are more than just a joke. There's something else going on - a character, or it's not just a plain joke.

I have owned and played a Steinway all my life. It's the best Beethoven piano. The best Chopin piano. And the best Ray Charles piano. I like it, too.

We don't know our ass from a hole in the ground.

I realized that, instead of moving people closer to a salvation decision, an answer can push them further away. Rather than engaging their minds or urging them to consider an alternative perspective, an answer can give them ammunition for future attacks against the gospel.

But if you're doing something, show up everyday, and something good might happen - it's not going to happen if you don't show up.