Complex sentence: As a lyricist he has often been compared to his father Richard Thompson, but has today developed his own unique writing-style with a knack of catching the exact state of mind into his songs like in "Everybody move it" and "Slippery Slope".
Split into simpler sentences: As a lyricist he has often been compared to his father Richard Thompson, but has today developed his own unique writing-style. He also said to have a knack of catching the exact state of mind into his songs, like in "Everybody move it" and "Slippery Slope".