Just looking into something kind of analytically can give a lot of ideas.

One thing I have a tendency to do is not write choruses, or write choruses that have different words. The first chorus will have different words than the second chorus.

I think you want to write a song that's like the songs you are into.

You can either go to the gym because you want to lose weight, or you can go to the gym because you like how it makes you feel when you're running.

People think of songwriting as a very personal thing: A guy gets up there with an acoustic guitar and he sings his heart out, bares his soul.

My wife is very happy about me keeping all my music in my pocket.

The reality is that the shows kind of disconnect from the songs a little bit. You're playing the songs, but they take on a life of their own.