I always knew I’d be in music in some sort of capacity. I didn’t know if I’d be successful at it, but I knew I’d be doing something in it. Maybe get a job in a record store. Maybe even play in a band. I never got into this to be a star.
I feel quite sad for the young musicians coming up because they may never get to pay their rent properly. It doesn’t matter what the genre; nowadays, it’s so much harder than it ever was.
Thoughts of doubt and fear are pathways to failure. When you conquer negative attitudes of doubt and fear you conquer failure.
There’s not an instruction manual on how to deal with success, so you just have to rely on having great friends and a good team.
I only write music for myself, I don’t try and appeal to anyone else.
There is no situation that could ever confront you that cannot be solved. Life takes on real meaning when you set values for yourself, regard yourself as worthwhile and elevate your thoughts to things that are of God-good. There is a Higher Power. Turn to it and use it; it is yours for the asking.
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
There’s a saying, ‘It’s easy to write songs, but very difficult to write great songs.’ I’m going through that right now.