In music, you learn a lot of things when you don't know what you're doing.

I think you just have to have some rapport with the song.

I think one of the best things you can do is write really sad songs that touch some semblance of... I guess 'hope' is the right word?

It's hard to write any good song. It seems more rewarding, or maybe just easier, to write sad ones.

My songs, well, they are sad, but in all of them the person singing them - me or whoever - is actually still trying and hasn't given up yet.

I don't like to think about stuff that's boring.

As a producer you can be more objective about the songs because you didn't write them.