When a song comes to you, you can't run around it.
I sing the songs that people need to hear.
I don't sit down to write a song, per se.
I'd sometimes do 50, 60 takes of song.
Writing songs is a trade like anything else.
I just play the guitar and write songs.
I don't have time to stand around and listen to an 11-minute song.
I didn't write songs for a very long time.
Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.
Penitentiary songs have been a love of mine for years. They are so wonderful.
With my songs I tried to prove that there is love.
You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.
No, there's something about the sing-song cadence of children's music that has its place in rock.
I've always been a fan of just writing songs and making music.
You have to have that organizational principle behind the song.
My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.
I don't really like to explain my songs.
In my songs, the sex is all subliminal. It's subliminal, spiritual.
I don't mean this in a stuck-up way, but I needed an attitude song.
It doesn't matter what age you are, an effective song will move you.
It's amazing what some people read into songs.
