PAUL WILLIAMS
BACK TO LOVE AGAIN
(JAPANESE RELEASE - 1997)
(U.S. RELEASE - 2001)

"I wish you could all get to know Stephen Allan Davis my co-writer of 'Easy Street'. He's as optimistic as the song is, and as free spirited as its message. Falling in love is like heading off on a great adventure. 'Like Hope and Crosby we're off on the road to love'. (Guess who lived at the movies when he was a little boy?). "

"I have been a fan of J.D. Souther even longer than I have been a friend. We've played each other songs, for years, and mutual admiration finally gave way to collaboration. I hope you like this, our first effort together."

"There is an old expression that says "what does not kill you will only make you stronger"... I know that statement to be true. Life is filled with losses some of them painful. But I have also found that there are great gifts in the experience of loving..losing..and then letting go. Life goes on...and so must we. My co-writer Jon Vezner and I hope we've expressed the sadness and the strength of such experiences. Listen to the powerful guitar solo by Laurence Juber at the end of the song and to C.J. Vanson's magnificent string arrangement." After a few minutes of viewing this page, an exert from this song should load for you to hear

"Written in the seventies with the great Roger Nichols, this has always been my favourite cut by the Carpenters. It was very special to have Richard (Carpenter) playing on this version, and to have my very talented and beautiful friend, Valerie Carter singing."  

"Once again the music of Kenny Hirsch inspired me to write a love song about healing partnerships. 'Someone To Believe' may not turn us into supermen and women, but it does give us the courage to try...'There's nothing I wouldn't try..try for you'."

"When I heard that the Carpenters record of 'Rainy Days And Mondays' had earned a gold record, I turned to a friend and said how happy and surprised I was to have a hit with another old fashioned love song..the phrase sounded like a song title to me, so I sat down and wrote the complete song in about twenty minutes. (Trust me, they seldom come so quickly). I love the 'Three Dog Night' recording of the song, and even though Michael James Jackson and I had cut it once before, we thought an up-dated version might be appropriate to this album. We hope you like it."

"Several years ago, a wonderful singer called Gene Nelson left my band, to become a songwriter. It wasn't long before he was turning out hits in Nashville for major country artists. We recently started writing together, and this song is my favourite of our collaborations. Now a word about the young man singing harmony and playing harmonica. Genius! I have loved Graham Nash since his early days with The Hollies and his partnership with David Crosby and Steven Stills. His voice is a warm embrace from an old friend, and I'm very proud to have him join me."

"Jon Vezner and I wrote this song in my living room the week before we started my album. It was originally written as a kind of Beatlesque waltz, but Jon suggested I try it again in straight 4/4 time. The background vocals featuring Jonathan Butler's wonderful 'Africanese scat', give the song a rhythmic flavour that I never imagined."