I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

No matter what you do, you'll never run away from you.

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.

Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows.

Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You have to be very brave in that first writing session.

To question reason is to trust it.

All love is immortal.

Be the God or goddess of love and love everyone.

I sell my time to get enough money to buy it back.

Better to lose with the right team than to win with the wrong team.

You're beautful. Yes you are, you're very very beautiful. Extremely beautiful.

I declareThat later on, Even in an age unlike our own, Someone will remember who we are.

Again, we find that the space standards of twenty-first century luxury are below the required minimum for dockworkers in 1962.

Success is counted sweetest By those who ne'er succeed.

You know, we live here in America and sometimes don't understand the realities of geography and demographics in Eastern Europe.