There are good places to play and bad places.

Pop culture, commercials. You only come across a commercial if you're watching a TV all the time. I've never been all that upset. I like hearing the songs. I guess I've never been all that caught up in it.

I like writing in an illustrative, descriptive way. I prefer describing to rather than explaining.

I put my energy into writing songs. I have to carve out a living somehow doing this, and licensing is one way. It's hard to register what's "too much" for other people. I don't watch TV, so it's tough for me to gauge. I just take it as it comes, and don't put a whole lot of thought into it.

It sort of depends on the song. Some of them are pretty easy to write, and others take a while. I do a lot of writing in the morning.

I'm one of those people who sort of feeds on music.

I'm kind of interested in visual communication. For me it's more about suggesting than arguing a point.