Because of my song 'Sam Stone,' a lot of people thought I was interested in writing protest songs. Writing protest songs always struck me as patting yourself on the back.

Writing for other artists helped me figure out that magic you have to capture to make everyone connect with a song.

On the best day, there's no context for the moment. Often, the best writing and pieces have been lost to not having been digitized.

I wanted a participation song, something the fans could latch on to. It was aimed at the masses. I wanted to write something that everyone could sing along to, like a football chant. And at the same time, I thought it would be nice to have a winning song that's meant for everybody. It worked a treat.

I started writing "Peace Trail" here in Colorado, then I went back to California. I had a few other tunes going around in my head, so I had a couple of them finished after a few days and then I wanted to go into the studio.

We Are The Champions' is the most egotistical and arrogant song I've ever written. I was thinking about football when I wrote it.