A guitar riff played on a piano doesn't come close to the purity of it being played on a guitar but I faked it enough to get by.

You can get stale writing with each other for a while.

We became the songs we wrote.

I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction.

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive.

You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.