Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.

Strangely, some songs you really don't want to write.

Sometimes you stumble across a few chords that put you in a reflective place.

I suppose for me as an artist it wasn't always just about expressing my work; I really wanted, more than anything else, to contribute in some way to the culture that I was living in. It just seemed like a challenge to move it a little bit towards the way I thought it might be interesting to go.

I've always tended to write songs prolifically.

I'm very good at what I do, and I don't turn my hand to something unless I'm very good at it, frankly.