I think that's definitely a good thing, no one can sing the song with as much heart and feeling as the person who wrote it. I think so. It's just a song about a feeling rather than any particular event. Just about being able to be confident and as big as you want, even if you are in a small situation like no job. As long as you are contented in your life, as far as your friends, you can overcome your situation.
Sad songs seem to come a bit easier because it's easier to put across an emotion like that.
Whereas with happy songs there is always the danger of sounding cheesy, so they are ones which need to be more carefully crafted. A bit of both really. I think I always write about feelings and things that effect everyone, personalise them a little bit - to make sure everyone can get something from the songs. Whereas if it was too intellectual, and obviously about a certain event people wouldn't be able to get anything from it. With our songs I get people coming up to me and saying 'I really love that song it must be about that', and it's like it can be if you want it to.