I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When I started to write a tune, I just wrote the nearest at hand, which was what was happening in my own life.
I'd experimented with so many different types of music. I had these folky songs I'd written and recorded, but something wasn't quite right.
I wish I played an instrument, but I could never decide which one, and I ended up playing nothing.
I write almost every single part of my songs, even the actual drum parts sometimes, whether they be simple or layered with many different instruments.
I write my music.
I've written lots of songs on the piano. My mother had a piano and it was the first instrument I played.
I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.
I wanted to hear the songs in the way that I had written them, which was very basic. All I wanted was drums and another guitar, and I was just going to sing.
I write on all instruments.
From the time I could play the piano, I remember trying to write tunes. They were in my head, and I would just sit down and start noodling. Next thing I knew, I had written a melody.