“In the past ten years or so I have found a lot of freedom in my writing as I’ve become less and less involved with commercial concerns. I never was able to write a ‘hit’ on command – I just sort of accidentally happened on them – but these days I don’t even think about whether a song is commercial, or whether someone would record it, or any of that. It’s a great relief.”

To read the Q&A in its entirety at the Songwriting Scene blog, click here.