I feel like, in some ways, I'm just a journalist.
I was always more interested in story songs, things with a point of view... and things that informed me.
Even though my songs may sound very personal, to me most of them are fiction. It is a great way for me to be able to live a fantasy life as a writer because I get to be someone else, someplace else for three and a half minutes, just like the listener.
Your own voice is the voice that carries you through life the best.
I've always been a very prolific writer.
Being a good songwriter means paying attention and sticking your hand out the window to catch the song on the way to someone else's house!