Which luckily seem to be my most creative times. I believe there are as many ways to write a song as there are songwriters. You have to write what you feel, not what someone wants you to feel. That is what music is about, the expression of feelings, passion, despair, ecstasy. It is easy to see why most songs are about love in one way or another.
Love is easily the most disruptive of all life forces, The most glaring of all human frailties.
One of the hardest to explain because there are no intangibles to hang on to, so people look to their poets, their muse to explain it. I do try to write to be commercial. It doesn't make sense to me to try to be obscure. Another point I want to try to make is simplicity. Simply simplicity sells.