The lyrics are the essential part in our songs.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The lyrics are so important to me. And that there is something going on in the lyrics. That the song actually has something to say.
We sing these songs for the everyday occasions of life, and they are very close to the hearts of our people.
Our music may sound big emotionally, but that's more to do with the playing, the level of musicianship and the full-on energy. Often, the lyrics are often quite small and focused.
I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.
Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.
We became the songs we wrote.
We worked very hard to make the lyrics suit the music. I can't, like Elton John, for example, compose by lyrics. Elton has a great talent for that. Whatever you give him, including your questions, he composes in half an hour and makes a great song out of it.
The lyrics are what I work on the hardest, but I'm not trying to make a perfectly clear message or anything like that. In fact, I'm usually trying to avoid saying something too directly, because usually that rings false anyway.
It's really important that my lyrics are truthful.
The lyrics are constructed as empirically as the music. I don't set out to say anything very important.