"What does it feel like to write a song?"

Sometimes the whole thing feels like the most natural, easy, cathartic outpouring of emotion you could ever hope for. That’s when I can hear the song clearly and fully; when all I have to do is listen and take from the air what’s already there. Other times it’s like going to the dentist to get a root canal, but the dentist doesn’t finish and I have to walk around with a bloody mouth full of stitches. I get restless when I can’t finish a song, I feel like there’s somewhere I have to be, but I can’t figure out how to get there. When that happens, I listen harder. If I still can’t get at it, I put it down and come back when I can hear it.