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Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.

I admire pop songs that are perfect at three minutes.

I guess what people forget sometimes is that when I write songs, I write them sometimes in about 20 minutes.

It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

If you give yourself too much time, you kind of over-obsess about the music. It's not supposed to be like that.

Some songs go super-quick; some take a really long time.

Music deals with time and timing. It's so magical, but when you get into it, every little sound and every little space between the sounds, it's critical, so critical. And if it's not there, it not only feels wrong, but it ruins things.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I'm not used to not having enough time to live with the songs. Usually, if I write something, I live with it for a little while.