I write pretty much year-round, but I definitely do more when a deadline is looming.

I just try to keep making good records, try to write songs the best way I can and take my job seriously. Like most people take their jobs.

As my life changes, it gives me new things to write about.

Physical labor, manual labor - if you can stay close to those folks, there's always plenty to write about, 'cause their issues are real issues.

I write with as much objectivity as I can.

I write to understand as much as to be understood.