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

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

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

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?

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

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

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.