I think the difference between a good song and a great song is… honestly, I think the lyrics, because if you have a really solid melody and solid track and everything is there but then the lyric is just okay, then you’ve got a good song.
I had an epiphany where I realised that there are song titles everywhere – in advertising, in conversations with people at the grocery store – and every time I open my mind to that and find titles, I then weave a story around that.
I like to go to the movies at The Hollywood Forever Cemetery. They do this thing in The Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood where everybody sits out on the grass and they project movies and it’s very romantic and very old-school Hollywood, so I love that.
I love really kitschy bad movies. Showgirls is one of my favorites. I saw House of Versace and died. I’m a big fan of made-for-TV movies because those are instant classics, naturally.
I have a reoccurring dream that I’m in the ocean in New Zealand and everything is completely upside down, because it’s on the other side of the planet.
Obviously I love writing with Katy [Pery], I feel like we’re the same person when we write together. Even though we fight a lot, we fight over every line and we pull each other’s hair and we cat-fight all the time, it’s always worth it in the end.
I’m a really visual artist, and I love writing treatments for music videos, photo shoots, fashion, and all the visual parts that go along with making an album.
In my head, I wanted to be Madonna, but the music I was writing on paper was not what you’d choreograph dancers in costumes to. It was more coffee-house stuff.
I am a little crazy but when I’m on-stage, then I really get to play it up and perform and be over the top and it’s like an outlet. It’s fun to ‘wild’ out.
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