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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I usually start with a lyric and see where that takes me.

I got a little bit lost in the writing process: like, that moment in the 'Fight Song' music video where I'm throwing the crumpled paper on the bed, that was really true life. I was filling journals with different possibilities of lyrics for the first verse. And none of them felt right.

I tend to write out the first iteration of a lyric here and then go over here and make variations on it, on the page opposite.

I'm lyric conscious. I like to tell stories, give advice. Instead of writing a 'Dear Abby' column, I do it on records.

I write hate lyrics really well. It's not every day you can use them, really.

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.

The lyrics are always the last thing I do. I always have a recording of basic tracks and maybe some of the lead work. I'll sit back and listen to it, and I'll just concentrate on what kind of feeling it gives me. My goal writing the lyrics is to not disrupt that feeling.

I have a lyric journal that I write in a lot. When I'm going to play, I just sit down and have my books with me and my notes and tapes and whatever I need to refer to. I just play and try different things. It's a kind of discipline.