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Songs are not better just because they're emotionally honest. To write a song well, you have to put some work into it and grind it out.

Writing songs is really about writing. It's not about necessarily focusing on one particular style or making it one particular thing.

Writing songs has a therapeutic effect, and it either kills off love or wins the heart of the lover.

I write when I have to; I write when the song is done and I deal with the idea and I just go with it and I'll become what that song is all about until I have finished it. And when you do that, it makes the song more visual, it makes it more personal.

The goal is always just to write the best song that you can write. I mean, the process for writing a song is the process for writing a song. It's not something I look at it as something I need to do something different.

There's always a personal satisfaction in writing a song by yourself. You get the inspiration, and see it through, and you're done. It's focused and very personal.

The fun thing about song writing is that it's just creative. It can be whatever you want it to be. For me, I'm really protective of that. I'm not going to write something because I feel like it fits here or it fits there - I just want to write music that feels good to me, you know?

My songs tend to be about love. It drives some of the greatest songs. I'm looking forward to seeing what people make of my writing.

I really didn't think about song writing.