It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.

It's funny because my main awkwardness around writing the song had little to do with the method.

When I'm recording something (especially because I produce my own music) I might consider how hard it would be to replicate a song on stage.

When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote about. So my first album was really all about my failed attempts to make a particular relationship work.

I learned how to have a little bit of distance when I explained songs and a little bit of distance when I wrote them. I think this is more interesting any way in art.

As I've gotten older, I have gotten a lot better at finding the pleasures of making music despite the business of it.

I always write from rhythm first, so if I need a song fast, I have to start there. Then I just threw some electric guitar at it.