It's very hard to teach someone how to write a song if to begin with there's no creative crop to harvest.
Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability.
You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
I've written songs sober and I've written songs high.
I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
You have certain writing tools but generally creating something from nothing makes one quite mad and Cynthia and I are quite mad you know.