Like Thornton Wilder said, time is not a river, but rather a landscape that you step in and out of. I've always found that true of creative work, and I've heard so many songwriters and writers in general say the same thing... When you're going into the realms of your self and trying to tap into the mystery of this creative source, linear time kind of falls away.

Loss is the great unifier, the terrible club to which we all eventually belong.

I have daughters who are writers and actors but no musicians.

I adhere to the religion of art and music and small children.

You stand in front of a great painting and your heart just opens and your mind expands about what's possible. That, to me, is a connection to what God is.

Self-expression without craft is for toddlers.

It is the people who scream the loudest about America and Freedom who see to be the most intolerant for a differing point of view.