I'm usually writing in English, and then I'll get the hankering to change channels. And usually I'll do that when I want to try a whole new set of keys, like musical keys.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
With the help of modern technology, I can compose intricate keyboard parts and then I have to go back and learn them in order to perform them properly.
If you feel you have the right key, you try to make some phrase or sound that will fit.
When I'm not at the keyboard, I'm generally reading, practicing tai chi or middle eastern dance, or cooking.
I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.
I often write in pencil on paper and then type up later. It's much quicker than using a keyboard.
I take sounds and change them into words.
I feel sometimes that I'm in a constant state of being lost in translation, and I guess that why I write songs.
I can play songs that I hear from a movie and just play it a few times on the keyboard. I will hit all the notes on the keyboard until I find the right key, and then I will play the rest of the song.
I know many writers who first dictate passages, then polish what they have dictated. I speak, then I polish - occasionally I do windows.
I write in all keys. I've always written in all keys. I've probably written a lot of songs in A.