The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice.
I started writing songs, I guess, when I was about 13 or 14, but I didn't know if they were good enough yet or anything.
First thing, I throw on some jeans, a T-shirt and my Keds sneakers and make coffee. That is actually my favorite time of day. That is when I do my songwriting, when I am in writing mode.
Sometimes I might borrow something from a song I started a long time ago and see if I can grab something.
The way I look at life, whatever I'm doing at that time in my life is going to be reflected in my songs, for the most part.
There's so many other things to write about than unrequited love.
