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

It's fun to be able to revisit a song and do something that doesn't really illustrate the song but works tangentially or runs parallel to the song in some way.

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

I just try to use my own life to build a human song: something that people can relate to in some way. It's not like the psychiatrist's couch or anything.

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

The song succeeds or fails just based on whether you argue your point successfully.

In some songs, like propaganda songs-and don't get me wrong, I love some propaganda songs. They're some of my favorite songs in the world. It's just that I don't enjoy writing it.