All that you've loved is all you own

Every single song has its own individual character and you can't treat each song the same way, because it wants to be treated differently and there are songs that are like scared birds that you have to sneak up on over the course of months in the woods.

Folks who work here are professors. Don't replace all the knowers with guessors keep'em open they're the ears of the town

For a songwriter, you don't really go to songwriting school; you learn by listening to tunes. And you try to understand them and take them apart and see what they're made of, and wonder if you can make one, too.

I've lost my equilibrium, my car keys, and my pride.

Not the kind of wheel you fall asleep at.

Sometimes the magnetism of a song is impossible to ignore, and it demands that it be sung in a certain way.