I knew a lot of chords, but they weren't the chords that came with the melody that came with the idea I had for the song. Melodies are simple things. If you see a train wreck, there's a melody. If you see a little daisy blowing in the breeze, there's a melody.

I never hid out. I was never big enough a star.

A song is a poem set to music.

I love winners when they cry, losers when they try.

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.

Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.

It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.