The Dumbing Down Of The Country Reflects

The Last Collaborator Is Your Audience ... When The Audience Comes In, It Changes The Temperature Of What You've Written. Things That Seem To Work Well -- Work In A Sense Of Carry The Story Forward And Be Integral To The Piece -- Suddenly Become A Little Less Relevant Or A Little Less Functional Or A Little Overlong Or A Little Overweight Or A Little Whatever. And So You Start Reshaping From An Audience.

I Don't Write Songs Apart From Theatrical Pieces. I'm Not Interested In Writing Songs Qua Songs.

I Like Murder Mysteries, The Agatha Christie Kinds Of Things Where You Know That It's All Going To Be Neatly Wound Up At The End.

Puzzles Are Like Songs - A Good Puzzle Can Give You All The Pleasure Of Being Duped That A Mystery Story Can. It Has Surface Innocence, Surprise, The Revelation Of A Concealed Meaning, And The Catharsis Of Solution.

Dreams Are A Sweet Mistake All Dreamers Must Awake On, Then, With The Dance No Backward Glance Or My Heart Will Break Never Look Back.