Certain songs by hearing the rhythm, it tells you that is either a love song or you might be heartbroken or the songs give you the vibes and you just know that certain songs are militant that you have to write.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.
When you're writing a song, you have to know two things. You have to know who you are, and you have to think about other people.
A lot of the music I write is about love. Sometimes I won't understand how I am feeling until I write a song about it.
Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.
I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?
Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.
The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why they always end up being so personal - because the kind of artists I like, they convince me, they totally win me over straight away in that thing. Like, 'Oh my God, this song is totally about me.'
When you write a song, you don't ask if it's good or not, or if it's gonna sell. When you write a song, you ask whether you've reached deep inside your heart and whether it's honest.
I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.
When you write songs, you can't really point out the exact thing you're inspired by. It's more a state or a mood or an atmosphere that you're trying to put into words.