No matter how many people try, no matter how many fancy songwriters in Los Angeles try to break it down to a formula... to an extent, there isn't a science to writing great songs, I suppose.
Lauren MayberryWriting with other people is the only way I ever really work. In some ways it's great because it's helpful to someone pull you out of the loop.
Lauren MayberryA good song to one person could just be something mediocre to somebody else. It's always strange thinking about how songs connect with people.
Lauren MayberryI think I have a vested interest in thinking that the lyrics are important, but I think for us it's important that we all write things that mean something to us, and I think we're not really in the business of writing la-la-love-you chart pop songs. It needs to have a personal pulling in the gut for me, to want to write anything about it.
Lauren Mayberry