The songs are definitely all about me. I am my favourite subject.
To date a girl for her look is like eating a bird for it song
I have eighteen titles in the German language. I had a number one song in 1965.
I never write from concept. The beat is the beginning, and then I fill in the rest of the song into what it should be.
It's a rare combination to have someone who can write songs and sing well.
When you hear me, you know it's me, regardless of the song.
Every leading lady I work with, I'll see if I can get a song out of them and put it on an album.
I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.
When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.
I've never wanted to name an album from a song title if I could avoid it because I like it to be a body of work.
You get royalties from certain songs that you do when you do background. It's according to the work that you put in.
I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio.
Whenever I work with different artists, I expand as a song writer, as a producer, and I always want to try and find the bridge between my world and their world.
Her laughter was an upbeat song set to a minor key.
It's amazing when you're playing to a crowd who barely understands English but they're singing parts of your song back to you.
You can be very efficient with lyrics, and you can get the heart fluttering or soaring or make someone cry with a really amazing dance song.
I find so many songwriters today are missing an element... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.
Songwriting is a mysterious art. When I sit down to write a song, the end result should be mysterious and have this dark quality.
Dream Song: In the heavens A noise, Like the rustling of the trees.
The hard way is my favorite way to learn.
Live not for Battles Won. Live not for The-End-of-the-Song. Live in the along.
