It's pleasanter to work in the country, where you can wander out among the trees. But I don't get as much work done. In the city you don't want to leave the room because there's all that chaos going on.

I get some flak for and some resistance from colleagues for because I'm interested in storytelling. I mean what I like about songwriting is songs used to tell a story.

I was watching him crawl, Back over the wall-! Then bang! Crash! And the lightning flash! And- well, that's another story, Never mind- Anyway.

Art is craft, not inspiration.

The only reason to write is from love.

I took piano lessons when I was 6. I didn't want to go on with it. I don't remember being moved by a piece of music.

In the Rodgers and Hammerstein generation, popular hits came out of shows and movies.