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I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.

As a lyricist, you love to hear other great lyrics or other great concepts.

I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.

Every single lyric I've ever written I meant.

The first thing that inspires any song is a chord progression. When I have one I really like, I get into the lyrics even more.

I love great lyrics, and I love the way it could shape a tune into a very unpredictable one, and I also like taking a great melody and putting lyrics into it.

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

Lyrics are important, but it's hard, because English isn't my first language - although it feels like it is these days! I grew up with amazing melodies, so getting that right on a song has always been the key thing for me, but there's no reason why a great melody doesn't deserve great lyrics.

Words are important to me, but a song can work and function and be a good song with words that are fairly standard. But really great lyrics can't rescue a dog of a song.

The emotion of a song's lyrics has always been what grabs me deeply.