There are quite a few honest songwriters out there writing about relationships and their own personality traits. But for some reason, once they step out of the bedroom, their honesty doesn't seem to come with them.
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People expect not just songwriters but all personalities to pontificate about their egos - they just wanna see someone talking about themselves constantly. I'm not interested in that.
Songwriters tell the truth.
It's just about being honest. I listen to a lot of stuff that's out there, some of which I wrote, and I'm like, 'Where is that? Where's the honesty?' So that's what I want to get to in my music now.
I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on in my life and how I'm feeling?
When you write an album and you're writing about relationships, the stuff that I've been through in my relationships, 99 percent of it is really good, but it's that one percent that always inspires you to write a song.
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 you research prolific songwriters, it is usually later in their career they write songs that they distance themselves from, or it's about other people.
I've written a few songs that have to do with being in a relationship, the bad and the good.
You can tell an honest artist from one who's just given all their songs.
Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.