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Great songwriting will never die - it's in the DNA of music - but what's new and exciting is pairing that with new sounds that technology is enabling us to make.

I don't live in the past or focus on making new songs sound like my old stuff; it would be stupid, and I don't think anyone would like it.

Whatever I write has to evolve around my taste in music at that moment, because that always changes.

You know, it's funny how songs continue to grow and evolve and become a new and deeper reflection of your life.

You're not gonna write a hundred songs and have a hundred entirely different ideas. It's a matter of finding the ones that are the freshest and most unique.

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

I never see songs as permanent. I'm always in a state of revising everything.

It's interesting how songs can evolve. Sometimes I'll write a song that feels relevant in the moment, but four years later, I don't want to sing it anymore. Then something will happen in my life, and the song becomes relevant again.

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

I don't think you ever get tired of the well-written, well-crafted songs.