The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.

Many people have come to think they can just wake up and have things handed to them.

Just trust those around you and trust yourself.

That's where the good ideas come from: the people, not the boardroom. But you have to be willing to put in the legwork.

I fell behind a lot, but I was able to make some key pitches in key situations. I was just trying to make every pitch too nasty.

I'm not a big TV guy, but I love either 'Auction Hunters' or those repo shows on truTV. It's really just glorified 'Jerry Springer' is all it is. Every now and then, it's just mindless entertainment. We'll be on the bus, and we'll laugh at it. Those are my guilty pleasures.