I can go write an absolutely saccharine pop record with a really catchy lyric for another artist that could become a hit without meaning anything to me, but that's more the science laboratory, that's the other thing.

I wish people would spend their money on hybrid cars.

When you're around enormously successful people you realise their success isn't an accident - it's about work.

The classic, quote/unquote, craft of songwriting still works; it still is relevant.

When life gives you the opportunity to check off a thing on the bucket list, you have to check them.

I knew I could make money from songwriting, so how much and when was not really the question.

I think the best songs are being written by the very under-stated, under-appreciated indie artists. The thing that separates them from mainstream success is they either consciously or unknowingly refuse to deliver on a big chorus.