Being a writer is great, and being a parent is great, and I hate Marching Band.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Writing music is just something that I was born to do.
I like writing different types of music. I don't like being stuck into one thing.
I was always meant to be a writer. I've felt that way since I was a child.
I'm envious of writers and musicians. I think it must be so difficult. Not just the frustration, but the discipline.
There were times in my career when I would try to write songs like Bob Dylan... Artists get hooked up in that. To be a follower, you lose.
I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
I like being a writer.
Trying to write music, be in a band and keep it all happening is one of the hardest, morale-destroying, heartbreaking things you will ever try to do - and that's when it's going well.
I was always writing music anyway. I just sort of fell into it. Writing for me is a therapeutic process.
When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.