No, it's not dissatisfaction that inspires me to tinker with my songs, it's just restlessness.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is dissatisfaction in all of us. Some of us take out that dissatisfaction by attempting to ruin whatever you are attempting to do. This is a fact of life.
There is a certain amount of dissatisfaction that goes with knowing your time, talent and abilities are not being properly used.
The satisfaction derived from the fleeting things of life is not lasting; and our wants remain unfulfilled. There is thus a general sense of dissatisfaction accompanied by all kinds of worries.
Songs go through cycles for me. And sometimes I lose my passion for some of them.
It seems like everything I do musically I tend to lose a few fans and gain a few fans, and it all kind of evens out.
I'm not a music lover in the sense that I look for something to have on. I've never had that attitude to music.
I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare to the two months of joy I get engaging with the people who like my music.
Sometimes when a record's done, I'm satisfied and I won't listen back to it for a while 'cause I'm usually pretty tired of the songs. Then I've got to learn them again to play them live, and sometimes it takes a while to realise it's a really good record.
What makes me different from everybody else just boils down to dissatisfaction.
I've always had this deep and chronic sense of dissatisfaction.