It's Pleasanter To Work In The Country,

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.

The Art Of Making Art, Is Putting It Together.

If You Told Me To Write A Love Song Tonight, I'd Have A Lot Of Trouble. But If You Tell Me To Write A Love Song About A Girl With A Red Dress Who Goes Into A Bar And Is On Her Fifth Martini And Is Falling Off Her Chair, That's A Lot Easier, And It Makes Me Free To Say Anything I Want.

Musicals Are So Expensive To Put On The Stage That You Have To Have The Backing Of A Corporate, You Have To Have Universal Studios Or Disney Or Somebody To Put In The Money.

Success Is Like Failure, It's How You Perceive It, It's What You Do With It, Not How You Achieve It.