A rhyme doesn't make a song.

A song just doesn't come on. I've always had to tease it out, squeeze it out.

I don't care how good a song is - if it holds back the storyline, stalls the plot, your audience will reject it.

A song must move the story ahead. A song must take the place of dialogue. If a song halts the show, pushes it back, stalls it, the audience won't buy it; they'll be unhappy.

I do not think men have more talent. There are a great many women in the arts; novelists, painters, sculptors, poets-but the proportion is far lower in the field of song writing.

Keep it in tune with the times, but don't write with the specific purpose of trying to create a hit. If you're doing it strictly to make money, you're crazy. There are easier ways to make money.