A good lyric sings to me. And another lyricist might sing another lyrical song to me. |
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. |
And even though I know how very far apart we are, it helps to think we might be wishing on the same bright star. And when the night winds start to sing a lonesome lullaby, it helps to think we're sleeping underneath the same big sky. Somewhere out there, if love can see us through then, we'll be together ... Somewhere out there, out where dreams, come true. |
But at the same time, sometimes it is very good to write with other people because you do have that little bit of edge. |
Carole (King) always said there was a small window of opportunity and we happened to come along at that period in the music business and jumped right in. |
Cynthia's lyrics always expressed the feelings people felt but they couldn't express themselves. |
I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows. |
I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction. |
I had already about five or six songs written just for myself, but I never thought I'd end up being a songwriter. |
I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive. |
I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs. |
I quit college. I was studying architecture for about a year. |
I see myself as an artist, as a professional, as a craftsman and as an all around narcissistic, needy fool who went into a profession that's perfect for anyone who likes to be in a manic-depressive state all the time. |
I think if one wants to be in a continual state of insanity one should stay married to that writing partner. |
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside. |