My Cage Has Many Rooms.

It's Age. It's A Diminution Of Energy And The Worry That There Are No New Ideas. It's An Increasing Lack Of Confidence. I'm Not The Only One. I've Checked With Other People.

Hit Songs Did Not Come Out Of Musicals. Pop-rock Was Creating The Hits. There Were Very Few Songs That Made The Charts Out Of Any Broadway Musical.

Music Straightjackets A Poem And Prevents It From Breathing On Its Own, Whereas It Liberates A Lyric. Poetry Doesn't Need Music; Lyrics Do.

A Close-up On Screen Can Say All A Song Can.

I'm Sure Many Writers Have These Strange, Tiny Little Habits.