Hal David

Pop songs are not as graceful as they used to be. Performers today haven't gone through the regimen of learning how to write. And of course, everyone wants to own copyrights.

One thing a lyricist must learn is not to fall in love with his own lines. Once you learn that, you can walk away from the lyric and look at it with a reasonable degree of objectivity.

In writing, I search for believability, simplicity and emotional impact.

We define ourselves as intelligent. That's odd, because we're doing the definition - We're creating our own definition and saying, 'We are intelligent!'

Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.

The judge decided in this case that both the state and the defense would have the opportunity to respond to certain kinds of press. This is one such instance.