I have a structured songwriting process. I start with the music and try to come up with musical ideas, then the melody, then the hook, and the lyrics come last. Some people start with the lyrics first because they know what they want to talk about and they just write a whole bunch of lyrical ideas,
“Through all the bad guys that I've played, they're justifiably bad - they have their reasons. It's been important to me.”
“They offered me millions and millions and millions of dollars to write books about Cary. That was between us. That was private. I'll always love him.”