I would just be vibing with whatever I liked the most. And then there were a couple songs that I started on my own. I would have a melody or an idea ….

I can sit and dissect for hours, and then write 50 songs about. I always find that inspiring..

I never stopped writing music, I just stopped writing songs. I've been writing music continually ever since the last album of original tunes, "River ….

The reason I don't play any of the old songs is because I really honor my old band, and I think that those songs are best served within the context o….

Listen to the song of life..

I tend to work on a song, generate ideas, and re-arrange it like five times, and I'm glad I take the time to do that, because I think my original son….

I like to sing and leave songs on voicemail. It comes from the heart..

Basically every song on modern metal albums follows a formula and you get that formula in between one to three tracks..

Songwriting is actually a really great outlet. I kind of recommend it. You get to sum up whatever is going on in your life in a song, then perform it….

When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passi….

When I find myself having that much trouble with a song or a character or a story, I tend to move on..

The song Cant Look Back Now by the Weepies reminds me of the entire Life Unexpected experience..

Sitting in a room, alone, listening to a CD is to be lonely. Sitting in a room alone with an LP crackling away, or sitting next to the turntable list….

I love the feeling of nostalgia vying with the present. That can be from song to song, or within the same song..

If in the twilight of memory we should meet once more,we shall speak again together and you shall sing to me a deeper song. And if our hands should m….

I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it..

The greatest love of all is happening to me.. So goes the popular song. It's a great song. It speaks to the heart, and deeply. It strikes powerfully ….

A song is a song and, if I am emotionally connected to do it, whether it is sad or not sad, I am going to chase that song..

Feeling is always first for me in anything. I think the only way for sure that I know how do that is to write songs about things I feel strongly abou….

"Animal" is my favorite song because it's a reminder for me every night when I step on to stage that I am no longer a slave to fear. It's something I….

It sometimes takes 6 months or more after you've written and recorded it before you can start to enjoy the experience of singing the song..