I don't find the songs; they find me. I just strum my guitar and wait for a lyric to come..

It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. I like when it's really organic, so I try to knock it out in….

You know, we had problems like any other family, so I'm really similar to a lot of people out there. It's kind of why I feel like if a song is relata….

There are certain times in a concert when I'll call an audible because I feel like God is calling me to play a different song. But truthfully, I feel….

What I like to do with music is make people feel better. Make people realize that all humans have the same problems, more or less. A lot of people de….

Willow [Smith] started making music first. I was like, "My younger sister is, like, 4, and she's making all these fire songs. What's happening?" Will….

If a song's about something I've experienced or that could've happened to me it's good. But if it's alien to me, I couldn't lend anything to it. Beca….

To me, the lyrics of the song define the kind of style it is..

Life is one grand, sweet song, so start the music..

Always I shall be one who loves the wilderness: Swaggers and softly creeps between the mountain peaks; I shall listen long to the sea's brave music;….

I usually like to make really dramatic songs that are dynamic from part to part - a lot of jumping from really quiet to really loud..

I love characters songs and I love to fit into a story. I love singing through a character's journey..

That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would ….

I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitat….

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs..

When somebody brings me a record to mix, usually they feel like they can only get it so far with who they were working with or with themselves, and t….

People just didn't write songs that were so directly emotional in those days. They still don't. Part of Hank's [Williams] thing was that he was openi….

I don't really see how any song can not feel contrived if it isn't honest, and how could I write honest songs if I don't write about stuff going on i….

I think the themes in my songs are very similar from the first album to the newest one. It's all about the human condition and how we are all trying ….

Me? I slept like the dead, which I hoped wasn’t a sign of things to come..

If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage.