My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that's the right song to not fight the lyric.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think it is your job as an artist to be able to hear a song.
When I look at the arc of my career, my focus is on lyricism, right? I own that.
I have yet to write that one song that defines my career.
But I don't like working on lyrics publicly in the studio - I prefer to take them away and work on them in my bedroom.
Sometimes I get ideas for lyrics in anyplace, but I work a lot in the studio. So I collect little bits of lyrics. I go through the box of lyrics I have and see if something fits.
I write a lot of lyrics and I'm involved in the producing process, because it's like, if I'm singing it, I want it to be something that I can relate to.
I really wanted to work hard on my lyrics.
I know what my job is: I write the songs, I sing them, I play them on the piano.
My skills are musical, not lyrical.
I don't know if it's my music, my lyrics, my sound, and knowing the music business the way I do-all I can say is, my career has lasted way longer than I expected.