I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.

Blaze Foley was a genius and a beautiful loser.

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

Any time there's a major change, whether it's going into a relationship, getting out of a relationship, moving to a new city, a death - that usually provides a catalyst for an explosion of creativity.

The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.

I grew up in a very literate, very independent household where people spoke their ideas and were very supportive of helping each other find their own way