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Music, at its essence, is what gives us memories. And the longer a song has existed in our lives, the more memories we have of it.

When you write a song, a song has longevity.

When I write a song, it comes from the heart and is based on a specific experience. You can't really say that one experience is greater than another, because all of your experiences take you through life on this journey.

Interestingly, songs used to be short, then they became longer, and now they're getting shorter.

That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change.

It's always nice to be able to capture your life's experiences in a song and hold the emotion in that way.

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

I think, for one thing, all of us remember those teenage years and those songs that we fell in love with and the music scene that we were part of. So, in a certain way, music cuts through time like almost nothing else. You know, it makes us feel like we're back in an earlier moment.

Because they're my stories, they're my version of events of the past three years. But I really hope people can hear their own stories within the songs and they can become our version of events.