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Life is so short. I would rather sing one song than interpret the thousand.

Doo-wop is special music to me because it's so straightforward and melody-driven and captures emotions.

You can say things a million times, but if you can't sing it, then it really isn't much of a song.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

Just like any songwriter, I love it when people sing my songs.

We've written something like 900 songs in all.

With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.

The reason we did 'Land of a Thousand Dances' and 'Gloria' on 'Horses' was because I liked repetitious, three-chord rock songs, but I didn't understand that I could write my own. I didn't realize that you could use those chords a million times.

Three thousand people singing back your songs is an incredible feeling.

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