Ken Hill

If our main goal is to connect emotionally, we should want to have as many tools as we possibly can to achieve that goal. The more abilities that we have, the more choices we can make musically.

Composers, like authors, have a lot in common. Our main goal is to connect with the listener emotionally.

The prime goal of an author is the same as a musician, which is to emotionally connect with the reader in some way or another.

Writing a song is much like being an author. Yes, we all have tools to write (everyone has a brain I hope!), but that doesn't all of a sudden make us best selling authors.

The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.

Music is about textures as well as melody.

I have come up with very creative ideas that really didn't work with the song I was currently composing.

Childhood is a promise that is never kept.

The human voice sounds thicker with a chorus and reverb than a dry signal.

Sometimes just getting out of the house and doing something you haven't done in a long time (or never done!) can open up the doors to musical inspiration.

People don't have fun making music all the time.

Hooks need to be predictable and not predictable at the same time.