"I guess different songs start different ways. Sometimes you get a snippet of melody that comes into your head, or sometimes it’s a phrase. And sometimes songs seem to almost write themselves, which is of course the ideal way. It’s less effort, you know... You know, just coming up with a little chord idea and the song kind of fell into place. And that’s really nice.

On the other hand, I’ve had songs that took several years to complete. Because there’d be a chorus, maybe, an idea for a chor...