What tries to break us is endlessly fascinating to me. Joy is a whole different game to express.
Rachael YamagataConflict is a great thing to start with. For me as a songwriter, I am constantly trying to solve problems.
Rachael YamagataAs I grow older, what I find interesting is that I get experience with pain, different types of pain, and I start to see the lovely hilarity of life. Things that were once so crushing take on a different essence. I move through it at a faster rate. It's like traveling: it opens my eyes. My process is to allow myself to have it and to not judge myself or the situation too much, and then to create something with it.
Rachael Yamagata