I really don't chase songs. I get in the studio, I know what I gotta do; I'm pretty much programmed to do it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sometimes I don't go into the studio for quite a while because I haven't found enough good songs. They have to have a certain caliber and connect with me because I'm going to be playing them for the rest of my life. I start off with a circle of friends whose songs I love anyway.
I'm never too ambitious when I go into the studio. I always know that I'm just going into the studio to work on or try to develop an idea that I have for a song.
I usually enter the studio with a mix of songs that I've been listening to that are relevant to the sound I want to achieve.
I really just tried to make a record full of great songs, which is the goal I always have.
Today, it's very tempting to create songs by cutting and pasting in the studio.
I don't want to just go out and do song to song to song. I like to create things before the song actually kicks in, little things you do to excite the crowd.
I get the music, I get the beats. And I go to the studios and write the lyrics.
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
Everything I record, I just try to sound like me and come up with songs that suit what I do, and then just go for it.
I learn stuff from making music every time I go in the studio. I'm continuing to try to find new ways to play in a song or be in a song and have a positive impact on a song.