It was a little at a time but I broke out my Walkman and my lyric pad and started writing.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I fell into lyric writing because of music. I backed into it.
I just wrote one song at a time. Kinda like an alcoholic. One day at a time.
It took me a long time to learn how to write a good song.
I've started getting acclimated to writing on the road and on the spot. I just let whatever I feel at the time come out, instead of really sitting there and taking days to write just one song.
The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.
Having listened to great songwriters like James Taylor and Carole King, I felt there was nothing new that was coming out that really represented me and the way I felt. So I started writing my own stuff.
But then you have to write a song, so at that point, I picked up the reins and started to write lyrics.
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 just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song.
About a year ago, out of the blue, I just wrote a bunch of songs.