As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

I used to write random little stupid things when I was five, but then the first song I really wrote was one called 'Fingers Crossed,' which is on SoundCloud.

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

Dre, heroes, homeboys, music, industry

I don't write songs about a specific, elusive thing. I write about love, and everyone knows what it is like to have your heart broken.

A song is like a dream, and you have to make it come true. They're like strange countries that you have to enter. You can write a song anywhere, in a railroad compartment, on a boat, on horseback -- it helps to be moving. Sometimes people who have the greatest talent for writing songs never write any because they are not moving.