I was instructed by people in higher rank to stand there and hold this leash and look at the camera. We were doing what we were told.
“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.”
“I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.”