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But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.

But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right there with an acoustic guitar and a voice, and the song should be good.

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.

If I try to write a song, I will completely fail to write a song. But if I'm just holding my guitar and I just start humming, then I'll have a song in an hour.

I want to make sure that I make music that lasts. I've been experimenting. I've been writing.

Keep in mind, you can use Auto-Tune and you can know how to work it perfectly, but you still have to know how to write a good song.

Oh, I'll tell you about 'Anyone Can Whistle' - the lesson I learned with doing that record is that the simplest songs are the hardest to do.

I think it's important to really press on with the song writing and just go with it. There's no code, there's no craft... it's just let yourself shine through your music. If it's meant to be loved and heard, it'll happen.

Doing the instrumental thing, you're really looking for the power of the melody to carry the record.

Writing a simple melody can take weeks to get it right where I want it, but I do quite enjoy it.