Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.
My goal is to think of nothing when I'm writing a song because too many influences could sabotage a potentially amazing song.
I write other people songs. Recirculate it. It's the music business.
I realized that I started writing songs to make people feel how I felt, rather than just making them feel something. That's not the way I should do things.
I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want to write, so you never know.
When I'm writing, I mean what I'm saying - there's a lot of me in each song.
I'm not very good at writing songs when I have a lot of clutter in my mind.
If I find myself just not feeling like writing songs anymore, I think I'll drop it. There's enough bad, insincere music out there. I don't need to contribute to that.
It's not my style to be thinking about what a record is while I'm making it: I just write songs.
When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.