You could write a song about some kind of emotional problem you are having, but it would not be a good song, in my eyes, until it went through a period of sensitivity to a moment of clarity. Without that…

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No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

No one likes to have less than they had before. That's the nature of the...

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

I've got 50 different tunings in the guitar.

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Oh, the jealousy, the greed is the unraveling. It's the unraveling and it undoes all...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

Nobody understood The Reoccurring Dream, but after September 11, when we were coerced to do...

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

When I think of your kisses my mind see-saws.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

With a painting, you don't have to go back and paint it again.

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I have one piece of music, since 1997, and I don't see it having lyrics....

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I think I would go further into fine arts, I think, if I were to...

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

I can't remember anything I ever wrote.

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

My name had gone stale, and no matter how progressive I got, it was my...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I don't understand why Europeans and South Americans can take more sophistication. Why is it...

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

I learned a woman is never an old woman.

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

When you're trying to pass on the best of the stuff you're culling to what...

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

Sorrow is so easy to express and yet so hard to tell.

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

The Beginning of Survival is my best album. I am very proud of it, and...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Do you see how you hurt me, baby? So I hurt you too. Then we...

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

Ira Gershwin, shame on him. I mean, some of the writing.

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

The more decadent a culture gets, the more they have a need for what they...

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Not to dismiss Gershwin, but Gershwin is the chip; Ellington was the block.

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...

Back then, I didn't have a big organization around me. I was just a kid...