Music's staying power is a function of how timeless the lyrics, song and production are.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When you write a song, a song has longevity.
But that is a valid, continuing service that that music - which is, in some cases, 80 or 90 years old - is rendering. And proving its own timelessness.
As society changes, as politics change, as people change, certain songs still seem to resonate.
To me, there's two kinds of music these days. There's ephemeral music, and there's music that has lasting power and depth.
Music has this emotional thing to it, and it touches people in crazy ways. The power of having that power is something that, once you have it, you don't want it to ever end.
Music is always changing and the changes are unpredictable.
That's the thing about music: It's forever. Hopefully, you captured a moment musically that has a timeless quality people will find relevant to their lives at any point. That's the whole idea about what I love about art and music.
Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.
Music is always a commentary on society.
Music's cyclical. There's always that next generation that always comes along.