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I'm no good with chords. I'm horrible with chords.

I tend to like songs that are very emotional, that strike a chord with me emotionally.

Even writing verses from my first album, there were songs that I didn't use because I just felt that they weren't really for me. But I think that happens naturally when you write songs. You're in a different mood in every session. There's so many songs out there that could potentially be used by other artists.

I keep these songs in my head until I get behind the microphone. I never spend more than 30 or 40 minutes singing the vocal or it will sound mechanical. There are always mistakes, but it's about feeling more than being perfect.

I try to find nice chord changes, that's how I love to start, and then I start trying to knock it into a song, knock it into shape.

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

I didn't want to be this four-chord acoustic singer songwriter because that stuff just got so old to me.

I learned to embrace my individuality, and if that meant writing a song on one chord over and over again, then that's what I do.