Because I write very simply, but inside the simplicity, there's a lot of subtlety. That's what I'm proud of.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Simplicity is the outcome of technical subtlety. It is the goal, not the starting point.
I always go for simplicity.
I'm a big fan of simplicity, especially with songs and I try not to make them complicated. I just make them simple and let people absorb that message themselves. That's my theory.
I work at the sentences. Many of the things people find distinctive about my writing, I think of as natural.
I am completely attracted to the idea of simplicity, or at least removing things that seem unnecessary when trying to get an idea out there.
However, some of my work is very subtle, and one should expect very subtle reactions to it.
The secret is to write just anything, to dare to write just anything, because when you write just anything, you begin to say what is important.
The more you're writing absolutely honestly, and absolutely bare of intention - even if it feels absolutely personal and small because it's at your own scale - other people relate to it much more.
It takes me a long time to write, and I trust myself, so I write very sparsely, so when I do, I know it's good, you know what I mean? Rather than writing a whole bunch and having to sort out what's good and what's not.
Sometimes I wish I was poetic and subtle. I write very bold and blunt and tell it like it is.