One cannot imagine Scots music and song without the contribution of Burns.
Usually when I write a song, I'll write the music and then kind of fit some words to it.
The music has to drive you. That's just it. You follow it. You follow the songs.
Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.
Songs are about just being totally honest and putting those words to music.
Of all the songs I've recorded, 'Amarillo By Morning' always sticks out in my mind.
Sometimes my songs wander off a bit and are not always coherent.
I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing.
We would turn everything into songs in those days.
I've never worried about how long the song is.
All these songs honestly explore the ups and downs of my reality.
A lot of rap songs don't usually have a lot of melody per se.
When you're No. 1 or No. 300, you still get to play and write the songs.
During my sabbatical, I spent two years not listening to my songs at all.
Once I've written a song, I sometimes refine them.
Negativity spreads faster than any Justin Bieber song.
Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever.
Sometimes I even work out to 'Glee' songs to keep me going.
We wanted to sit down and conceptually work out songs.
Some of my songs I don't do on tour because they don't work well live.
Most European nations identify themselves with eagles or lions, with some predator or creature of the air, ascendant and belligerent. I would like to visit the country which adopts the groundhog as its mascot, somewhere peaceful, some place that curl...
