I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.

I don't think anyone wants to do the same thing over and over again.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?

I don't really need to appeal to some stockbroker, and I always sort of root for the underdog. I probably consider all that when I'm writing, but it's not in the forefront of my brain.

As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.

It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

I don't like to think about stuff that's boring.

In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.

Life's short. Live passionately.

Lxnig sentences in a short composition are like large rooms in a little house.

No problem is so formidable that you can't walk away from it.

I'm very outgoing and social.

The story as told in The Odyssey doesn't hold water. There are too many inconsistencies.

Sometimes when I'm in the studio I feel so much but don't know how to express it. You're just like in a cave - life goes on without you.

The first season [of Jessica Jones] exceeded my expectations already, so I'm just waiting to see what will happen in the second season.

Anyone can believe when God is already moving. But real faith is when you step out when it seems that God is not moving.

I miss. I miss. I miss. I make.

Running around accusing others is not as good as laughing. And enjoying a good laugh is not as good as going along with things.