You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.

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

Who put the bomp in the bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp-bomp, who put the ram in the rama-lama-ding-dong?

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

If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.

It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive.

You're going to have more rejection than acceptance.