Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes.
To make art you need to be inspired.
I think for me, any great art is art which communicates human emotion.
Still...you turn me on
I understand travel. I understand the experience of travel. I mean there is something of the "air-conditioned gypsy" in me.
Philosophically, what I have learned is to thy own self be true. That is the biggest lesson of all. Relax; music is fun. To many people take it to seriously because of the money involved.