If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you write a song, a song has longevity.
Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing that's lasting.
By the end of the writing process, which is about 80 songs per album, I look at the material and think, what's going to make a difference in someone's life.
Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.
If a song was ever good, it's still good.
I will always, forever, write songs, and wherever they're meant to be is where they'll be.
I think you can have the greatest lyrics in the world and if it doesn't have the best tune in the world it will suck. I mean if the music wasn't important it would just be a poem.
I'm sure that the meaning of the songs that I've written will change for me over the years, the same way that I can't even say what inspired some of the songs that I've been singing for a long time anymore.
I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.
I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last.
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