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I usually write lyrics first, and then when I get home or close to any kind of instrument, I usually make a melody for those lyrics.

I have a tape recorder, and I just sing into it. I like to write that way. Sometimes I'll just get melodic ideas, and then I'll go home and sit down and add the lyrics. Or sometimes I'll get a lyric idea that I love. Usually it's pretty combined. Usually I get some kind of a lyrical concept and a melody and work with that.

I get the lyrics of a tune and interpret them my way.

I'm a composer, and therefore I know when I've written a good tune. When you've written a good song is when you know that the lyric is completely coalesced with the song.

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

Often, when I work with a vocalist, I like to focus on the melodies first.

Sometimes I get a lyric, and the lyric, you know, comes off the page, and goes into my brain and comes out with a melody. Other times, I may create a melody first.

When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.