I think you have everyone kind of pulling on the same end of the rope. It's not like you're Robin Williams and everyone else is a deaf mute. It's like - there's plenty of help.

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He asked us to write a song. We went home, and we were out walking the dog and started playing with lyrics and melody. Annette has a wonderful ear for music. She kind of started out in musical comedy, and she's always been a singer and dancer - but she's never been a songwriter before, but she just has a great natural sense of what sounds good.

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Even when there are banalities, they're usually kind of benign banalities.

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I know... I'm pretty smart, aren't I?

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I'm kind of the town pump. I think I have a pretty good ear for what sounds good in this style.

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Some people stay in the academic world just to avoid becoming self-aware. You can quote me on that.

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The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true.

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They were kind of like little Stephen King stories... but these go back many hundreds of years.

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I made some friends who are still friends, and this is the city of my birth. I love living here when there's a reason to, other than just moving here. I still don't like the winters here, but it's an amazing city and I love it.

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