I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.
We just wanted to write a bunch of songs that we thought were good songs.
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
I remember starting out and covering songs.
I wanted to give people a taste of my own music through the sound and style of my covers.
Writing songs was like my ticket to the world, I think.
I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.
I love to sing, and I've recorded a few covers and originals with friends, but I haven't written any songs.
Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs, it's quite scary, 'cause I'm quite honest and open, they can be very revealing. But covers, I don't have to think about, just get me up there!
My idea of covers is that you should never cover a song and do it exactly like the artist because everyone's always going to compare it to the way the original artists did it, and they're just going to go, 'Oh I like the original better.'