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I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

It's funny, when I'm not on the road or doing stuff with Bad Company - or whatever- I've always written songs galore... a lot of stuff people don't even hear.

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.

When it comes to sitting down and composing, there is no hesitation, no concern, no critics breathing fire down my neck. For me, writing a song is the purest part of all. No one can mess with that.

I write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.

I'm not like other writers. I'm not hung up on using my own songs. In fact, my sister Bunny always tells me I sing other people's songs better than my own. She says I loosen up and give the songs a different feel.

I'm one of those people that I make a song... then I write another song and then I'm like, 'But this song is so much better than this song,' and then I kind of ditch that song. It's a long process.

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.