If I knew where good songs came from, I'd go there more often..
The songwriting has never really stepped forward from the '50's..
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability..
It's not that I have resisted songwriting, it's just not something I felt I have had to do. I've just not woken up and thought, I must do this. But I….
You can do anything you want to do, if you know what to do..
Being so honest in my writing is cathartic..
You're gonna have to learn to get out there in front of those cameras and hold your head up. Take charge when you're singing..
Much of songwriting is simply a mystery..
I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question..
Most things I worry about never happen anyway..
Once I went into songwriting, I figured I had to - I couldn't be a hellfire rock 'n' roller. But I could write hellfire lyrics..
Songwriting is an art unto itself, not to be confused with performing..
A lot of what has pushed me forward is desire, and I have expressed that in my songwriting - perhaps because it's safer!.
Some people, it [songwriting] comes faster. Some people, it comes slower..
You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it..
Songwriting is something I really need to work on. I don't have very many songs but I really love it. I would love to be a great song writer some day..
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve. I didn't take it all that seri….
Write about the truth. If you write about the truth, somebody's living that. Not just somebody, there's a lot of people..
There's a lot of personal stuff that can go into songwriting but there's also a lot of dramatization and fictionalization. You have to do that to mak….
I think I'm more prolific in the songwriting..
I'm more critical of my songwriting than anybody, but I've worked really hard in the last five to 10 years to improve..