My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

I don't really start writing until later in the night. I'm a night owl.

Artists aren't looking for you to write them something; they're looking for you to give them something new.

I always tell people I write songs, but I'm a writer. It's a difference. I can write songs to music, but I can write a story. I can see ideas spark in me.

My success, I feel like, is credit - credit for a good job. I haven't even gotten a Grammy, yet I've already decided I want an Emmy.

My songs are my hookers. I can't worry about how they are going to be treated; they just need to bring home the bacon.

I've done so much songwriting and I know how to do it.