Because there are hundreds of different ways to say one thing, I, being a writer, songwriter, and poet, speak childishly and incoherently. In speech there is so much to decide in so little time.

Everyone has their own ways of expression. I believe we all have a lot to say, but finding ways to say it is more than half the battle.

If I knew what to do
I'd do more than write a song for you

The humble ones are always learning and improving, and their secret is always that it's a secret.

Authors can write stories without people assuming that they are autobiographies, but songwriters and poets are often considered to be the characters in their works. I like Michelangelo's vision, 'I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.

There have been times I've felt so much art in my soul I grew sick of artists.