For the longest time I was brought up listening to only two genres of music, pop and rock. So in the past few years I've been trying to expand my interests because I think that you can only write to the extent of your knowledge, and if your knowledge is limited you can't write past that.
I wanted the songs to be themselves, instead of worrying about all this crazy slickster production.
I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.