I don't stare at a sheet of paper and try to think of a good word to use. I try to see where the story should go.
As a guitar player, it's harder for me to impress somebody than it is to write a song that they like.
I try to write like the writers I admire - I rip them off in form. It comes from George Strait and Merle Haggard records, and country music in general is really good at that, the twisted phrase... So Im always looking for that angle in my own work.
