Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

Young kids are doing the same thing I did, but they're doing it differently. They don't do brain surgery the way they used to do it either.

Make your melodies simple enough so that the average person can hum them.

I think the nature of songwriters is that they are philosophers, and philosophers have a bent towards poetry and songwriting, so I think that the two run around together. The nature of a songwriter could be philosophical. Looking for universal ideas, a way to say things, get the story across as a means of entertaining, provoking thought.

I had the notion that I wanted to write the great dirty American novel, so I went to Roanoke College on the GI Bill.

Whiskey's to tough, Champagne costs too much, Vodka puts my mouth in gear. I hope this refrain, Will help me explain, As a matter of fact, I like beer.

Is this really Butte, Montana, or just existential blues?