I'll Let You Be In

My Songs Were Influenced Not So Much By Poetry On The Page But By Poetry Being Recited By The Poets Who Recited Poems With Jazz Bands.

Once I Can Focus In On Something, I Just Play It In My Mind Until An Idea Comes From Out Of Nowhere, And It's Usually The Key To The Whole Song. It's The Idea That Matters. It's Like Electricity Was Around Long Before Edison Harnessed It.

You Just Don't Wake Up One Day And Decide That You Need To Write Songs.

Look, When I Started Out, Mainstream Culture Was Sinatra, Perry Como, Andy Williams, Sound Of Music. There Was No Fitting Into It Then And Of Course, There's No Fitting Into It Now.

Some People Seem To Fade Away But Then When They Are Truly Gone, It's Like They Didn't Fade Away At All.