It's funny how a song can start in your mind, and then when it goes through all the filters, it ends up in a totally different spot.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
When a song blows your mind the first time you hear it, you don't know where it's going. It's blowing your mind as it's unfolding. Then there's that sensation that you're actually going to remember the song.
When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.
Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.
The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.
I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
It's very rare that a song falls from your mind complete.
When you hear the first five seconds to a song and you've pretty much heard the whole song, that's kind of a bummer.
We are different people - you get a different take on the band whoever you speak to. Somehow, at the end of it, it goes through the filtering process and out comes the Radiohead thing.
Some songs are just like tattoos for your brain... you hear them and they're affixed to you.
When I sit down to write a song, there is no filter. I'm not trying to write for anyone or anything specifically. It's just trying to capture a little piece of your soul - even if it's a really ugly part.