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I also wanted to make a record that was about other things than romance, yeah, after two years on the road singing all the songs from the first album, I got kind of tired of that.

And frankly, when I made that record, hit songs were not what I was trying to achieve.

Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

We look before and after, And pine for what is not; Our sincerest laughter With some pain is fraught; Our sweetest songs are those that tell of saddest thought.

And we just went with Julie because that name hadn't been used in any other popular songs at the time.

I'd written songs with lots of people, from one spectrum to the other.

I wrote songs with the guys from Air Supply for their record... So I was just writing songs.

I mean, Beatles songs were two and a half minutes long, and they're fantastic.

I always sang standards because the songs I wrote for myself weren't as easy to sing.

I think that I've got some pretty bad reviews on albums or songs that later proved themselves.

I'm still more comfortable with standards than with my own songs.

Sometimes, but the year I lived in France I started to write songs.

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.

Artie is a singer, and I'm a writer and player and a singer. We didn't work together on a creative level and prepare the songs. I did that.

I have those songs as well. It depends on what I'm going through in my life but I'm a huge fan of Bjork. Sometimes I get so emotional because she's so amazing.

Dad really had little to do with the songs, except to perform them.

I hate negative songs; I won't sing them. It doesn't matter if it's sold 2 million more albums.

It's part of the calling to at least do a few songs in the show that give people some hope. There's so much hurt in this world and... music is such a great healing balm and a great way to forget your troubles.

We always feel pretty creative as far as writing songs. We write them together; we just get in a room, or on occasion in Flea's garage. We just sort of improvise, like jazz musicians.