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I've always been a writer who does simplistic, simple melodies. But I think it works.

A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

For me, making music just starts with a simple melody, and lyrics will come sometime after that.

I would imagine that most of my writing is done spontaneously. I had no intention of writing, and then I'll just walk through the house, and I'll hear this melody, and I'll turn on the tape players and go back to it later on. Some days I'll get 3-5 songs a day.

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.

I do a lot of editing and switching around and putting little pieces together to get the right mood and personality, and it takes me forever to get a song finished.

The writing of a melody is an emotional moment; success doesn't make it easy.

It doesn't take me long to write songs.

Writing a song is actually quite easy. Writing a good one is very, very difficult.