I have to sing it every night, I can't get up on stage if it's some bullshit story.

Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, it trumps everything. Not because that's my opinion but because I think it's actually indisputable fact. The human brain retains melody easier than it retains words. It's that simple.

I'm just a regular guy, but if you cross me it will get physical.

I'm terribly forgetful. I've lost laptops, cell-phones.

The cool thing about writing music, writing anything, is that once you publish it, it's there forever.

Just because a suit fits, doesn't mean it looks good. You need a tailor. You want to get bespoke.

I think the true test of a pop song, for me, and I've talked to a lot of other writers about this, is you take your demo, you pop it in your car and you drive down Sunset Blvd. to Santa Monica, and that's the Hollywood car test.