With every album, the approach is find the best songs you can find, write the best songs you can write and try to sound better.
The lyrics are different from Nick Cave songs and lyrics. His songs are very narrative.
Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.
Smokey Robinson writes the heartfelt songs, whereas it was my job to write the songs about weakness and failure in love.
My songs have always had hope and perseverance in them - I never write songs that have no escape hatch, no positivity.
I've written quite a variety of songs, everything from kids songs to political satire, and my dad covered a fairly large range, also.
I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs.
He's written some great songs. I thought that 'Blues Man' was a perfect song for me to do as a tribute.
I've never done songs with people just for the sake of the great combination. I've always done songs with friends.
There's just a natural human element to a great song that feels immediately satisfying. I like the song to create a mood.
Why can't you write a great pop song when you are 85? Maybe you can.
When I get into the studio, it's not about trying to get a good song, it's about whatever comes naturally.
Good new songs are the backbone of the music industry. There isn't an artist out there who could survive without hit songs.
People will remember a good comedy song a lot longer than they would some of the so-called straight love songs.
So, it ended up being what you have there, seven songs brand new and ten live songs which is a good mix.
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
I've always felt that to deliver a song successfully, you have to be an actress. A good actress becomes the part, just as a good singer becomes the song.
I still love to do the old songs. I know some people don't.
The first song I wrote was called 'You,' and it was a love song about somebody who didn't even exist.
There are more love songs than anything else. If songs could make you do something we'd all love one another.
I love originating shows and originating songs - there is nothing better than being the first one to get to do a song.
