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That's what I admire about women like Tina Turner and Patti and Gladys Knight and Cher, it's a wonderful path to follow. (Piven Jeremy)
The opportunity to record the song came when Phil Collins' record label, Atlantic, was doing a tribute album to him and they asked all these different artists to do renditions of his songs. (Piven Jeremy)
The song came out to be a gem, just came out to be a really, really interesting rendition of it. (Piven Jeremy)
This song 'Dance of The Robe' is a ritual that they do to give this princess the strength to take on the responsibility. (Piven Jeremy)
When I first heard that song, it was a ballad but it had a lot more. It felt like a gospel song when I first heard it and it just moved me. (Piven Jeremy)
That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change. (Piven Jeremy)
The album is a definite departure. I haven't written original material before, except for one song on my first album, but Elvis and I did six songs together on this one. (Piven Jeremy)
You know, I've sung a lot of emotional songs in my life, but when you're writing it yourself, it's very difficult to decide what to reveal. (Piven Jeremy)
Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs. (Piven Jeremy)
I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it. (Piven Jeremy)
My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it. (Piven Jeremy)
Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse. (Piven Jeremy)
The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together. (Piven Jeremy)
I still have my hands and I can still write songs. I still have my body and I can still dance. I owe God so much because things are going so well. (Piven Jeremy)
It's so different from sitting in your living room and writing a song on the piano by yourself. When I first started recording I had no idea what was going on. As time went by I figured it out. I had to learn about other instruments and how they work and fit together. It's like a puzzle. (Piven Jeremy)
My songs are a direct route into my brain and my heart. (Piven Jeremy)
I had just lost my dad and I remembered all the songs we used to go and hear at concerts, and the records around the house and sometimes we'd play together. (Piven Jeremy)
So I didn't have anything to do with picking the songs, but I got to musically take them in places I thought might be interesting, so it was a real neat collaboration among the three of us. (Piven Jeremy)
That's the one thing that is really timeless is the songs. The artistry, the popularity of the artistry, that's going to come and go. (Piven Jeremy)
The real amazing thing about all of this is I think I've maintained the mentality of a musician throughout it all, which I'm proudest of. And I'm still playing on people's records and singing on people's records. (Piven Jeremy)
“I'm a country songwriter and we write cry-in-your-beer songs. That's what we do. Something that you can slow dance to.” (Piven Jeremy)
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