I write most of the lyrics... I have to feel them and believe in them
to sing them convincingly, and the goal of Marry Me Jane is to have the
audience moved in some way. A ballad has to make us cry first if we
expect someone listening to be moved by it, and a clever song has to
make us laugh before we can deliver it. -on the band's lyrics
"Because I've been here long enough to uncover the soul that lurks
beneath outrageous people. Warm beautiful crazy funny people. Because
there is Eric Schaeffer up the block in the diner and Chris Whitley
playing downtown!! And because when I cross the street walking toward
my apartment building, I see this flattened key mooshed into the
pavement like a little jewel. And I wonder if the person it belonged to
ever noticed where he dropped it. Was he paving the road when he lost
it or did it fall out of his pocket cause he was running across the
street saving a little old lady's life? Food for thought. Many stories
and songs here. -on why New York City is the greatest city in the
world
