Only Capitalists Get Photographers.

You Get Used To The Exact Amount Of Space Between Lines. You Write A Word And Then You Write An Alternate Word Over It. You Want Enough Room So You Can Read It, So The Lines Can't Be Too Close.

I Like Murder Mysteries, The Agatha Christie Kinds Of Things Where You Know That It's All Going To Be Neatly Wound Up At The End.

You Can't Have Personal Investors Anymore Because It's Too Expensive, So You Have To Have Corporate Investment Or A Lot Of Rich People.

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.

One Difference Between Poetry And Lyrics Is That Lyrics Sort Of Fade Into The Background. They Fade On The Page And Live On The Stage When Set To Music.