Maybe I Am A Jerk Sometimes. Maybe

The Weirdest Thing I've Been Fascinated With Nowadays Is The New Contemporary Country Music, Which To Me Sounds Like Very Strange '70s Pop, And Sometimes Like Rock Music. But Some Of The Themes In There - Maybe It's Because I Know How The Songs Were Written, But It Really Does Sound Like It Was Written By Two Or Three People, With The Idea To Appeal To The Most General Audience.

For Any Producer I've Ever Worked With, Their Toughest Job Is To Convince Me To Not To Obscure My Vocals. A Lot Of People Don't Like The Sound Of Their Own Voice On, Like, Cassette Tape Or Something. It's Like That For Me, And Other Songwriters I Know. Like, "oh God, That's What I Sound Like?"

I Like Things That Reach A Little Further And Are A Little More Abstract, But I Don't Think That's What I Do Naturally Well. How I Write Naturally Is Probably What's Furthest From Me, And The Most Removed From What I Understand.

There Definitely Isn't A Structure Anymore To How I Get Ideas. A Lot Of Times I'll Just Write Down A Phrase, Or I'll Have An Idea That's Attached To Just A Few Chords. Other Times, It's Work.

I'm Never Argumentative For The Sake Of Being Argumentative, I Don't Think. And More Than Ever, I've Had To Be Willing To Fight Just To Get Records Released, Or Just To Be Able To Walk Away With A Little Bit Of Self-respect And Pride.