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I guess the two Manifesto, Communicating Vessels, Mad Love, and some of his poetry made a significant mark on me but as far as bringing a literary element into the music I see it as a much broader assimilation.

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

Every time I listen to Jeff Beck my whole view of guitar changes radically. He's way, way out, doing things you never expect.

Maybe I'm a dreamer, but I think the ordinary guy has just as much right to say 'This is a good song' as somebody who is in the music business.

I'm always conscious of what I'm writing, conscious of what the actor may ask me. I have a defense for nearly every line in the song.

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.

If you believe in something, you must will it through, because everything gets in the way. Everyone tries to steer the ship off course.

There's not a good poet I know who has not at the beck and call of his memory a vast quantity of poetry that composes his mental library.

I don't think any musician ever thinks about making a statement. I think everybody goes into music loving it.

Any composer who is gloriously conscious that he is a composer must believe that he receives his inspiration from a source higher than himself.