I can be stupid in my lyrics or say whatever I want without having to worry about anybody else's feeling or anybody being embarrassed by it or anything like that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I realized in the early days I just didn't edit at all. But I think you become a little more cagey with your lyrics when you know more people are going to hear them and make assumptions about you as a person. Realizing that, you want to be a little more opaque.
A lot of times when I'm writing lyrics, I just think about insecurities that I might have and turn them into a scene. Some things may be true, and some things may not.
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.
Most of my songs make fun of myself.
When I look at the majority of my own songs they really came from my own sense of personal confusion or need to express some pain or beauty - they were coming from a universal and personal place.
It's a little gross to put yourself in every song. I mean, how interesting do people really think you are?
I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.
When I write songs, when I sing songs, I don't have anybody in mind. I'm just trying to express what I think people are feeling.
It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time.