Q: Okay, so many of your songs have chord changes that are unique but don't sound out of place at all. Advice for anyone trying to do the same thing?
A: my best trick for that is to spend almost all your waking hours at the keyboard for several years, trying to uncover the secrets of the universe. another weird trick, for the chords, is to get words involved. that actually helps steer the chords more onto their meaningful way