Writing music on your own makes you think a lot about your life. Who are you? Would you change anything about yourself? This is where it comes from.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I'm not trying to say I'm this artist who is all artsy and that I only write music for myself, because I don't. I write music for other people to enjoy, so I think about if it'd be an idea someone else would like.
I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.
That's what I love about songwriting - that you can write something about your own experiences and think it's completely specific to you, and then people can take away a completely different meaning for themselves. I really love that. I think you've been successful at writing a song when it has a larger life than yourself.
The more I do in my life, the more I can write music about new experiences.
I only write music for myself, I don't try and appeal to anyone else.
I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.
If I write for myself, I write a song and I bring in the musicians that are best suited to play it. There's a freedom there.
Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.
I actually write my own music whenever I have a chance. I play guitar and sing.
As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.