In the Stephen Sondheim song, when something bad HAPPENS in the CIRCUS, they send in the CLOWNS. In America's political circus, they send in the LAWYERS.

When we CUT 'Strangers In The Night,' we did the WHOLE song in TWO TAKES.

A SONG is like a SADDLE: you ride it for a while, and if it's the RIGHT kind of song you can SING it for the rest of your life.

If more of US valued FOOD and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it WOULD be a merrier WORLD.

Here's the thing: My hobby is to DJ. I just LOVE MUSIC, so I can hear the beginning of a beat, the beginning of a MELODY, and think of the words, think of the name of the SONG, think of the hook, and just go there.

Words are IMPORTANT to me, but a song can work and FUNCTION and be a good song with words that are FAIRLY standard. But REALLY great lyrics can't RESCUE a dog of a song.

When the ALBUM 'Duke' came out, by Genesis, Phil Collins beat DAD in a drummers poll. My dad got me to learn 'Turn It On Again' by Genesis. I'd play it, and he'd go, 'Do it again,' until I got it RIGHT. I'd play it until I nailed it, and then he went, 'I don't see what the BIG deal is. My 12-year-old son could play that SONG.'

I LOVE building a song up from nothing and JUMPING from one INSTRUMENT to another.

If you hear a good SONG, it MAKES you HOPEFUL like, 'That is out there.'

What a Wonderful World' is a love song to NOBODY and everybody. I'm thinking about SONGS LIKE that in my writing with 'Take Me to the Alley.'

I just like a good, SAD song. The sadder, the BETTER. It MOVES me.

I'd RATHER GET a HOT dog or a doughnut than write a SONG.

I don't always have to sing a song. There is something besides 'The Man That Got AWAY' or 'Over the Rainbow' or 'The Trolley Song.' There's a WOMAN. There are three CHILDREN. There's me! There's a LOT of life going here.

All my achievements have been GREAT achievements. I have been collaborating with big NAMES and making hits - LIKE my song 'Yosemite' with Travis Scott.

A so-called happy MARRIAGE corresponds to LOVE as a correct poem to an IMPROVISED SONG.