I Can't Sing Half As Well As

I Was Never Bored Because I Always Had A Book. So I Had A Doorway Into Another World Or Another Universe. It Was Great.

I Can't Draw. But I Can Draw With Sound. That's The Most Useful Thing I Learned In Terms Of What My Craft Is... The Arrangements Were Mine. They Were Little Lines And Stuff That I Had Written Myself... And I Was Locked Into This Idea That Vocals Didn't Count, Melodies Didn't Count, Songwriting Craftsmanship Didn't Count. The Only Thing That Counted Was High Arching Guitar Solos...

Everybody Has Their Own Level Of Doing Their Music. ... Mine Just Happened To Resonate Over The Years, In One Way And Another, With A Significant Enough Number Of People So That I Could Do It Professionally.

I Think The Zenith Of Popular Songwriting To The United States Of America Was That Period That Started In The '20s And Went Into The '50s. It Was The Period Of The Great American Standard Song.

I Think There's Just A Lot Of Compassion In Art. Again, When You're Doing Something That Resonates With Somebody Else, You're Going Through An Experience Another Person Has Had, Whether It's Been A Painful Experience Or A Joyous Experience Or A Happy Experience.