I want to write songs and play them for people - live.
I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.
Every one of my regrets has produced a song I'm proud of.
In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.
The moment I wrote my first song, I got addicted.
Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
I didn't disappear; I started writing songs and worked behind the scenes.
I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.
As a musician, you never understand why people connect with certain songs.
I've just always written songs in a style that appeal to me personally.
When I'm singing a song, I picture somebody in particular. A lot of it is to a guy.
It can even be a single note which defines the entire song.
The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.
One of my theme songs is that if you can't do it in a test tube, don't do it.
It's a really personal thing for me to write a song.
We have always wanted to write songs and be experimental in that way.
There are so many songs that we just don't play anymore.
It's a unique thing to stand in front of a crowd and sing your songs.
Frosh-week songs are meant to be offensive because offensive is rebellious.
When you stick a song on a tape, you set it free.
To me, songs come of their own volition - and with an open-ended philosophy.
