There is a formula that allows you to write a decent song. But a song like 'You're All I Need to Get By,' it just writes itself.
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I try to write down every song that comes to me, even though I know that every song that comes to me isn't a song that I need to sing.
But when you get to a song, not only do you have to do a vocal melody, you have to write words and not be redundant and make some semblance of a story.
So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.
I just write a song, and it just comes out however it wants to. And some of them are catchy songs like 'Here Comes The Sun,' and some of them aren't, you know.
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.
When you write a song you have an idea of how it should be sung but it doesn't work out that way if someone else records it.
There is no formula to it. Writing every song is a little journey. The first note has to lift you.
It's very hard to write a song alone. It's only by jamming that you can get a song together.
Every time you write a song, you're looking for some sort of perfection, and you never quite reach it. You're always looking for that extra missing piece.
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.