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Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.

There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.

I'm just trying to work out how to write music now, because I've never had the opportunity where my number-one priority is writing music. I don't know how my brain works yet.

When I start writing, I'll have a vague concept or I'll just have a title, and the song just goes on its own direction. Usually it goes in many directions within each song. They get really convoluted sometimes.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

I write line by line, by the sound and the weight and the music of the words.

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.

There's many, many ways to write a song. But generally, sitting down at a table and writing is not one of them.

I didn't know that there were many rules in music when I first started writing.