I read an excellent interview with Leanard Cohen where he talks about the whole notebooks that he would fill up just with one song. Sometimes, you just have to keep arranging and re-arranging them until it works for you...other times a song is floating around in your mind and you just throw it up all at once. Most of the time, I have the idea floating around for a while and then everyting jsut fits together and all the lyrics come out...and two days later I come back to it to tweak it a little. I know that that works best for me...but we are all different.

My advice to other singer-songwriters would be to find a group of writers who you think are increadible and do circle-rounds where you play for eachother and critique. Not only does it get you writing more than you normally would, but you have a supportive group around you who can really help you hone your craft.

And don't be afraid to mess up. It's the only way to get better.