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Ever since I was a child I've always been very attracted to melodies. Whether I hear Jeff Beck, a choir, an ocean or the wind, there's always a melody in there.

Most of those melodies are me trying to find out what notes fit, and then hitting ones that don't fit in a very interesting way.

The sweetest of all sounds is praise.

I really like melodies.

A melody is not merely something you can hum.

There are only so many notes so there must be only so many melodies.

I think my melodies are superior to my lyrics.

If you can say the lyrics almost like a poem and they stand up, that's a great thing. Some songs have great lyrics and I don't like the melodies, and vice versa.

I like to hear melodies that go from one extreme to the next- saxophone to a bell to a whistle, for instance.

Melodies are just honest. They can only be what they are. Words have the capacity for deception. They're all full of subtext, and some of them are cliche and overused and vernacular. They're tricky. All I can say is, words are tricky.