I would just be constantly writing all these zingers - like, 'Burn. That would really get her.' And I know people are going to obsess over who it's about, because they think they have all my relationships mapped out. But there's a reason there are not any overt call-outs in that song. My intent was not to create some gossip-fest. I wanted people to apply it to a situation where they felt betrayed in their own lives.
I write a lot of songs about love and I think that’s because to me love seems like this huge complicated thing. But it seems like every once in a while, two people get it figured out, two people get it right. And so I think the rest of us, we walk around daydreaming about what that might be like. To find that one great love, where all of a sudden everything that seemed to be so complicated, became simple. And everything that used to seem so wrong all of a sudden seemed right because you were with the person who made you feel fearless.
I do write nice songs about the guys who are nice to me! Eventually, I'm sure one of them will write a response - that's a pretty scary concept, actually! But I make sure I only write bad songs about the ones who deserve it.
Throughout all of the changes that have happened in my life, one of the priorities I've had is to never change the way I write songs and the reasons I write songs. I write songs to help me understand life a little more. I write songs to get past things that cause me pain. And I write songs because sometimes life makes more sense to me when it's being sung in a chorus, and when I can write it in a verse.
I still love writing in my journal and wearing sparkly dresses and looking at old chandeliers.
I've made sure that in any situation and with any record label, I'm allowed to write my own music.
It's pretty intense writing about my own life, my own struggles.
Got a long list of ex-lovers, they'll tell you I'm insane. But I got a blank space baby, and I'll write your name.
And you know there’s nothing like writing a song about someone who’s mean to you, and just makes your life miserable…and then winning a Grammy for it.
My favorite thing in life is writing about life, specifically the parts of life concerning love. Because as far as I’m concerned, love is absolutely everything.
I keep going back to love when I write songs because I can't figure it out.
I don't think I'd ever make an album of just covers because I love writing my own music.
Sometimes when relationships end, you write an e-mail and say everything you wish you said. Sometimes you don't push send.
I want to write a song for someone who has just fallen in love or someone single and living their live.
I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in my journal and wearing dresses all the time and staring at chandeliers.
I like to write about love and love lost because I feel like there are so many different subcategories of emotions.
Spending a lot of time alone, gave me a lot of time to think. A lot of time to think gave me the time to write songs.
I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.
Sometimes I write about my own life. And sometimes I write about situations I see my friends going through. Sometimes I write about a scene I saw in a movie. I take inspiration from all different places.
I have to practice to be good at guitar. I have to write 100 songs before you write the first good one.
When we're falling in love or out of it, that's when we most need a song that says how we feel. Yeah, I write a lot of songs about boys. And I'm very happy to do that.
(Talks about Lucky You) "The song was about a girl who didn't fit in and she didn't care and she was different than everyone else. I think there's a long chorus of me singing "Do do do do do do do do do do". It's very young and I look back and it's kind of interesting to hear those kind of storylines and the lyrics that I used to write compared to the lyrics that I write now.
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
Most of the time, songs that I write end up being finished in 30 minutes or less.
If guys don't want me to write bad songs about them, they shouldn't do bad things.
