1995 Interview

JOHNSON

Can you tell us a little bit more about your inspiration for song writing? Is that a true habit of yours?

PHILLIPS

No, no. [Laughs] No, it’s not. It’s a true habit of Michelle’s.

McKENZIE

[Laughs]

PHILLIPS

Michelle’s very witty. Summing up everything in one line, a one-liner. I think she said it for the first time about five years ago, actually, at a dinner party. Oh yes, John, the greatest vocal arranger has also mastered the art of turning tragedy into publishing. So since then, it’s sort of spread around everywhere.

JOHNSON

Well, it’s gonna be spread around a lot, because we put it in theCD-ROM.

PHILLIPS

[Laughs] She’s done it again, see. [Laughs] Those are the happy times in my life, the songs.

JOHNSON

Really?

PHILLIPS

Yeah. Not the tragedy. If I told you the tragedy parts, we’d all sit here and cry.