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That's my favorite part about songwriting, the way you write a song, and someone else might hear it a different way.

I think a lot of songwriters would agree that it's often easier to find inspiration in misery.

The tricky thing about songwriting is that, more often than not, what you consider to be your best work generates a collective shrug, and something you've simply tossed off bowls people over.

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.

Nothing can stop a great song, so just keep songwriting.

Songwriting is the most terrifying thing to me, because you are really laying your heart out there.

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.