Mariah Carey's song "The Roof" is about her first kiss with Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter.
"Airplanes" by B.o.B was written by Lupe Fiasco, who recorded it but decided to pass.
Cheap Trick hated the ballad "The Flame" but recorded it because they needed a hit, and the song delivered, going to #1.
Kacey Musgraves offered "Follow Your Arrow" to her friend Katy Perry, but Perry thought Musgraves should record the song herself, telling Kacey it seemed "like something that you would totally say."
Jay-Z's version of "99 Problems" is a cover of a 1993 song by Ice-T with the lyrics changed to be about Jay's rise to fame.
Rob Thomas put some Spanish flavor in his Carlos Santana collaboration "Smooth" with the line "my muñequita," a pet name for his wife Marisol that means "my little doll."
Writing with Phil Lynott, Scott saw their ill-fated frontman move to a darker place in his life and lyrics.
The man who brought us "Red Skies" and "Saved By Zero" is now an organic farmer in France.
Find out how God and glam metal go together from the Stryper frontman.
Taylor talks about "The Machine" - the hits, the videos and Clive Davis.
Glen Ballard talks about co-writing and producing Alanis Morissette's Jagged Little Pill album, and his work with Dave Matthews, Aerosmith and Annie Lennox.
Brenda talks about the inspiration that drove her to write hit songs like "Get Here" and "Piano in the Dark," and why a lack of formal music training can be a songwriter's best asset.