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It is setting goals and trying to be a business person, but at the same time not losing sight of who you are writing songs for and what your goals are as a songwriter. So believe me, if you think I've got it down I don't it is a constant struggle.

I never thought of myself as a songwriter. I was just an artist writing songs, and they just happened to get placed.

I always wanted to be an artist; being a songwriter for myself was always a must but being a songwriter for others has been a bonus.

The business today is completely different and it's very producer driven, so that a songwriter needs to have producing chops, be a singer/songwriter, or find a singer to develop.

One of my goals from really early on was that if I was ever fortunate enough to be successful in music, I would want to stay the same person and the same songwriter.

Being a songwriter is really the base of being an artist, for me.

I'm a songwriter first.

I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.

I like working with other people but I'm not a songwriter, I'm a producer.

I consider myself a songwriter before anything else. The fact that I have been able to write both of my records and establishing myself as a songwriter is super-important to me. Some people have that gift, where they can take on anything and make people believe it. I like to do a song from personal experience.