I had this thing about not giving too much of myself away, so I thought, if I sang lyrics, that's giving too much away. You know, I really didn't want to give myself away.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am not greedy, so I would gladly give a song to someone else to sing if it makes more sense.
There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.
When people who are songwriters say 'That's my property and if you give it away for free then I'll lose my incentive,' then, well, good riddance.
I was putting forward too much of myself when I was singing.
When I write songs for myself it's really personal and I just can't have someone else singing it.
That's a big gift when people say to you that a song helped them or brought them to some place in their life where they needed to be.
Not only am I putting music out there, I'm giving part of myself away.
There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to yourself, too. You're singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe. It resonates in your body in a way that feels extraordinary.
But the greatest thing about music is putting it out there for people to figure out. You want the listener to find the song on their own. If you give too much away, it takes away from the imagination.
Whenever I sang, I said to myself, 'Maybe tonight.' I would never let down, no matter how few people were listening.