In summer, the song sings itself..

The Ruts were a great punk rock band from England whose songs were as excellent as their time together was short..

People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the….

In a way it's the emotional feeling that you get in a good rock song or folk song, there's just nothing that rivals that..

The song 'Humiliation' is kind of about what if, outside of a dinner party or something, I was blown up by a drone missile, out by the pool. What an ….

If she says goodbye perhaps adieu. Adieu - like those old time songs she sang. Always adieu (and all songs say it). If she too says it, or weeps, I'l….

Respect Mother Earth and her giving ways or trade away our children's days..

At that point, when songs got leaked, it was cool though too because then you started getting recognition beforehand..

There's a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you're actually giving something to….

The Stones were nasty and ugly and doing songs I was familiar with..

I respect Chris Carrabba as a songwriter and I also respect his past. He's got this fierce, straight edge, kind of hardcore core. There's so many son….

When I was about 14 I remember thinking when it came to proposing to my future girlfriend, I'd make a CD with all her favourite songs and a message t….

I am nervous that the craft of songwriting is taking a nose dive...And since I'm a songwriter and I connect with an interpretative, you know, interpr….

I have a song called 'Decisions' that features Jamie Foxx, Mary J. Blige, John Legend and Common. It's about people who have made a decision to reall….

Your power comes from the songs..

Song writing is about the male-female relationship. Yes, there are songs of, of brotherhood and politics but very rarely do we write about computers ….

I've always felt profoundly about what's going on in the world on a daily basis. What I hadn't felt was that I was at a point in my writing career wh….

If you take a little time, let's say three weeks off, after recording a song, and you listen to it every other day, you're just going to know eventua….

It's not set in stone. I like to keep it rolling and changing, and so I am like, "Great, I get to remake my song.".

Being a recording artist and having thousands of people listening to your music and singing your songs, and paying for it? It feels great!.

You can't fake this music. You might be a great singer or a great musician but, in the need, that's got nothing to do with it. It's how you connect t….