At head of title: American Songwriter Magazine.

"The secrets of songwriting from the legends of music"--P. [4] of cover.

The interviews. Deborah Allen -- Nic Armstrong (IV Thieves) -- Burt Bacharach -- Aaron Barker -- Beck -- John Bell (Widespread Panic) -- The Bellamy Brothers -- Dierks Bentley -- Matraca Berg -- Big & Rich -- Clint Black -- BlackHawk -- Gary Burr -- Rick & Janis Carnes -- Deana Carter -- R.L. Castleman -- Ray Charles -- Kenny Chesney -- Chuck D (Public Enemy) -- Guy Clark -- Earl Thomas Conley -- Bryan-Michael Cox -- Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips) -- Sheryl Crow -- Rodney Crowell -- John Denver -- Ani DiFranco -- Mike Doughty -- Jermaine Dupri -- Steve Earle -- Shelly Fairchild -- Jay Farrar (Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt) -- Ben Folds -- Fountains of Wayne -- Teddy Gentry (Alabama) -- Dave Gibson -- John Hiatt -- Byron Hill -- Bruce Hornsby -- Mason Jennings -- Jewel -- Jack Johnson -- Rickie Lee Jones -- Alex Kapranos (Franz Ferdinand) -- Robert Lamm (Chicago) -- John Legend -- Little Barrie -- Kenny Loggins -- Lyle Lovett -- Shelby Lynne -- Richard Marx -- John Mayer -- Ian McCulloch (Echo & the Bunnymen) -- John McCrea (Cake) -- Bob McDill -- John Mellencamp -- Dan Messe (Hem) -- Rhett Miller (Old 97's) -- Roger Miller -- Stuart Murdoch (Belle and Sebastian) -- Michael Martin Murphey -- My Morning Jacket -- Willie Nelson -- Randy Newman -- Ben Nichols (Lucero) -- John Oates (Hall & Oates) -- Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes) -- Paul Overstreet -- Dolly Parton -- Michael Penn -- Gretchen Peters -- Michael Peterson -- Tom Petty -- Grant-Lee Phillips -- Hugh Prestwood -- John Prine -- ?uestlove (The Roots) -- Eddie Rabbitt -- Lou Reed -- Luke Reynolds (Blue Merle) -- Josh Ritter -- Smokey Robinson -- Josh Rouse -- John Scott Sherrill -- The Statler Brothers -- Cat Stevens -- Even Stevens -- Rob Thomas -- Travis Tritt -- Jeff Tweedy (Uncle Tupelo, Wilco) -- Keith Urban -- Loudon Wainwright III -- Rufus Wainwright -- Jerry Jeff Walker -- M. Ward -- Jim Weatherly -- Bob Weir (The Grateful Dead, Ratdog) -- Don Williams -- Brian Wilson -- Bill Withers.