No matter what I'm doing for myself or someone else, I'm constantly writing and working on other people's albums.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I get so fed up with the making of an album taking over my life - it's all I can think about or talk about. You find yourself in a rut and lacking inspiration and it's hard to get out of that because I'm working alone in the studio.
Even when I don't think I'm writing, I'm writing. There's some part of my brain geared toward making songs up, and I know it's collecting things and I know when I get a moment to be by myself, that's when they come out.
I've been writing and making my own music for a long time.
With songwriting I spend a lot of time living life, accruing all these experiences, journaling, and then by the time I get to the studio I'm teeming with the drive to write.
I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.
I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.
Whenever I release a record, it's my record. It's not a selfish thought. I may work all year 'round for other people. So, finally, when I come out with my own album, it should be me with the creative help of other musicians.
When you're an artist, you can only do your own stuff. Even if you only write for other people, you're really more focused on yourself. So while everybody's out touring, I'm working on records.
I've been working on my own music. I've been writing an album, stuff that's kind of personal to my own life.
I write for myself; I release the albums to connect with everyone else.