If you want to be taken seriously and gain credibility, you really do have to try and write yourself. I don't want to do an album of covers and stuff.
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Really, as a writer, I believe that if you're going to write about your own life, you need to do it as honestly and candidly as you are capable.
I'm very serious about what I write and who I allow to produce the music, because I want to make sure it's a true album, and not just something pushed out there to create hype and more fame for myself.
I write for myself. I don't write because I have a record coming out. I write because I want to. I need to.
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing!
Bernard Shaw said that when you copy yourself, you know you've got style. And I feel that if you can write like you write, then you are true to yourself. And it's not an easy thing to do - it's a disgustingly difficult thing to do.
I'm such a coward that unless I get a good writer, I don't want to make a picture.
You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.
Write a lot and don't think about publishing - just the writing.
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