Aha / I See Auch / Too Dann / Then Fertig / Finished Ich schreibe / I Write Lange / Long Lied / Song Schneiden / Cutting Schreiben / Write Sehen / See Spielen / Playing Start Verse / Verses Weg / Way Zehn / Ten
A lot of times, I walk down the street and listen to people argue, and then I write a song about it.
The way I work is by infinitely playing a very simple loop over and over, and then I start layering things.
I grew up doing theatre and spent a long time as a playwright. I still think very visually when I write.
I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.
If there's a criticism of 'Cassadaga' that I agreed with, it's that we left things in the oven too long, that songs were overstuffed, with too many ideas competing for space.
I write a lot of my music, but not all of it. I have always subscribed to the 'best song wins' theory when making an album.
I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.
I'm the kind of person who, if I see a shooting star, I wouldn't stay there and watch it. I'd run to my friends and tell them because I would want everyone to see it too.
If I went for too long without writing, I would start to feel like something inside me was dying.
