That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.

My nature is to be linear, and when I'm not, I feel really proud of myself.

We wrote what sounded good to us and hoped it would find a home.

I wanted to write for Broadway.

Although I like the work I've done in the past, I like what I'm writing now even more.

That first writing session, what Dan Hill calls a creative blind date, is always a real challenge, and you bring that back to your partner when you return to writing with them.

On the other hand when you are someone who records their own songs you are basically stuck writing for one voice and for one style that can stifle you a bit. It's a real trade off.