I do look at songwriting as a lot of work. I don't over-intellectualize music as a special medium that only some people deserve to do. I think it's something you do if you put the work in.
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Songwriting is my way of channeling my feelings and my thoughts. Not just mine, but the things I see, the people I care about. My head would explode if I didn't get some of that stuff out.
The idea of songwriting is a transformative thing, and what I do with songwriting is take situations that are quite ordinary and transform them in some way. Apart from things like the murder ballads, the songs I write, at their core, are quite ordinary human concerns, but the process of writing about them transforms them into something else.
I think songwriting is the ultimate form of being able to make anything that happens in your life productive.
The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.
I've never thought about songwriting as a weapon. I've only thought about it as a way to help me get through love and loss and sadness and loneliness and growing up.
I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.
I am really heavy into songwriting.
Songwriting is kind of like a craft. It's not something that just comes in a dream. You've got to work at it.
Everything in life influences my music. I've always used songwriting as a means to share what I think is profound.
Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.
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