All good song-writers have no more than half a dozen good tunes in their systems, and if they have that many, they are liberally blessed.

There's no business like show business.'

There's an element of truth in every idea that lasts long enough to be called corny.

The toughest thing about success is that you've got to keep on being a success.

With Moondance, I wrote the melody first. I played the melody on a soprano sax and I knew I had a song so I wrote lyrics to go with the melody. That's the way …

'Why doesn't Dave Grohl run for President? I think he'd be good, he seems a very organised man. He has about 12 fingers in about 50 pies, and they're all great…

Basically, I write from a two person standpoint. First, I let the song take hold and I put down the idea as a raw emotional statement. Then I let it breathe an…