Everything starts and ends with the song, and working with writers and really learning their process and craft was an invaluable experience.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I've always loved both writing and songwriting. The journey is fascinating to me.
Each song is a lifetime, it begins and ends, and there's a journey taken within the songs.
It's the coolest part about writing music. I don't know how other people work, but so much is derived from some amalgamation of all these different songs that I love. That's why they jump all over the place.
I'd always been on the giving end of music and creating.
I don't know what the inspiration for most of songs really mean until I finish them. For the most part, I'm going for a visceral impression, and I write the words last.
There are always new things to experience, internalize then write about. This process is ongoing with me. It never stops. The opportunity to reach new audiences with all of the music that we have made is thrilling.
It wasn't so much that I had to leave to make it in the music business as I was curious to be out on my own and sort of explore. I never felt that where I was ever influenced my songwriting.
Experience is definitely the high road once driven. It actually enhances the songwriting and song sourcing process.
The quality of the writing, really. Simple as that. Beautiful words. It's very nice as a singer to do great songs, which have wonderful lyrics and strong feelings underneath the song.
I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.