I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.

And you can't really cover people critically that you're friends with.

Well, in features, and in writing especially, it's often the style of the writer comes in.

Rewriting is a large part of the whole job. And get rid of stuff that's not working. Just pare it down until it's a beautiful thing you can hand in.

But music raises a lot of issues. Music is something that matters to people a lot, and they put a lot of passion into it. And I think when you have an area like that, you're gonna find a lot of issues coming up.

I spent time in, like, criminal courts, and covering murder trials for papers.

If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.