I've never written lyrics. I get up in front of a microphone, and I just sing what comes to the top of my head.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Usually, writing lyrics for me is like bleeding drop by drop from the forehead.
I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.
So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.
It's weird to try to write lyrics for somebody else. They can't really get behind what you're saying or what you want them to say because they didn't experience it.
I stand behind all the lyrics I've ever written; I don't have a problem with that.
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 wish I could write lyrical poems, but I just write the way they come.
I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.
I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.
I have a really hard time writing my own lyrics for this record, because one, I had to write so many and also I was kind of perplexed by the idea of how I was going to sing and play... because at that time, we hadn't really thought about asking someone else.