Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
You have got to discover you, what you do, and trust it.
I don't work at being ordinary.
If I don't have an outlet in which to express myself...throug h songwriting or other mediums...I get a bit jittery.
The best songwriting comes from being as creative as you can and editing it down to the good bits, essentially.
I'm fascinated by America...it's so odd.
When I was 15, all I knew was that I had to be somebody and that I could be somebody. So I exploited the only thing I knew, which was singing and songwriting.
There's only two kinds of music: the blues and zippety doo-dah.
If I knew where good songs came from, I'd go there more often.
I see songwriting as having to do with experience, and the more you've experienced, the better it is. But it has to be tempered, and you just must let your imagination run.
Great classic music that I've been turned on to has not only inspired and influenced me, but it has had an effect on my songwriting.
Performing is the easiest part of what I do, and songwriting is the hardest.
Speak in extremes, it'll save you time.
You write a hit the same way you write a flop.
Songwriting is my gift from God
Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people.
Songwriting is about getting the demon out of me. It's like being possessed.
All is fair in love and songwriting.
I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.
The secret of a great melody is a secret.
I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.
I don't like to dwell on the past.
Pop music really is a love and a joy and a science [of songwriting].
Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.
Songwriting never gets old. There's always stuff to write about.
