The day Guy Clark passed away was the day we wrote 'Girl Goin' Nowhere.' It was the first day I had met Jeremy Bussey, who I wrote the song with.
When I made 'What They Want,' I was going crazy. When I made 'Losin Control,' I was going crazy, when I made all the songs that are on my Soundcloud, every time I was out, I went crazy, like it was still the first song that I made.
When we cover a Chainsmokers song in our live show with ZBB, people are dancing and going crazy.
Writing a song is so personal. You have to have trust in someone you're working with; otherwise, you're not gonna come out with something that's really you.
I never have any problem getting enthusiastic with a good song and a good band.
Good songs are what a good band is all about. When you have a good song that stands up to the test of the time, that is the most important thing.
I walk away from writing what I consider to be a good song - with a good character, a good story in it - with all I'm gonna really get out of that song. My greatest pleasure is to create it, not to record it, not to hear anyone else play it, though that can be nice too.
Usually I start with a beat, I start making a beat, and my producer side is making the beat. And on a good day, my rapper side will jump in and start the writing process - maybe come up with a hook or start a verse. Sometimes it just happens like that. A song like 'Lights Please' happens like that.
If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you.
Factoring in millions of people when I'm writing a song is not a good idea. I don't ever do it.
Between the record companies being the way they are and the fact that people can just download one song instead of buying a whole album, it's hard to make a good living nowadays.
I always like a good song: puts me in a good mood.
If I find something I like, I'll chase it and see what comes out the other side. Once a song gets momentum and gets away from you, that's a good sign.
A good song takes on more meaning as the years pass by.
A good song gathers the years in. It's why you can sing it with such conviction 40 years after it's been written.
I think I always had a musicality, and I think I could tell a good song from a bad song. And I would appreciate hearing something that was new to me.
A good song should give you a lot of images; you should be able to make your own little movie in your head to a good song.
A good song never gets old.
I'm competitive with anyone who writes a good song - I don't care if it's a band or solo artist or whoever.
I guess a good song is a good song is a good song, ya know.
