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My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart.

Sometimes in the middle of the night, I wake up with a song in my head, and I have to finish it so I can fall back asleep.

I wake up each and every day with a smile on my face knowing I get to do something musically.

Music is a very big participant in everything I do, from the moment I wake up to the moment I go to bed.

When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.

I love the idea of waking up to a song. It could be any song.

There's no doubt that there's certain songs and arrangements of music that release a chemical reaction in my brain. This sounds a little goofy, but I really believe that. It's such a euphoric experience that I sort of want to chase that experience as often as possible.

I'm kind of insane when it comes to music, a little obsessed.

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.