I feel like writing music is a great chance to create something that extends beyond yourself.
ThomstonI feel like a good song is one that ticks all the boxes, but a great song is one that has this kind of special quality that just resonates with people.
ThomstonAs long as I can sustain myself and as long as people like what I am doing and are happy to support me to continue, that is success in my eyes.
ThomstonI'd gotten to a point where I would write a lyric and then delete it because I was worried about how it sounded. Pretty much, I was a dreadful person and It was just a way of dealing with feeling kind of guilty about that.
ThomstonI just chuck a bunch of words down and whether they find themselves into a song... I have lots of weird notes on my phone. I often come up with a phrase that I really like, I write it down and it stays in my notes folder, and when I'm writing I will scroll through and see if it kind of fits and if I can mould a verse around it.
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