We kind of hit it off right away in the sense that we’re both on the same wavelength, in the sense that he’s done other types of records … a little different than what I...

I like to listen to other songs to get a different point of view and to learn. I’m young. I have a lot to learn.

That was the first song I heard from another writer when we first started to listen to outside songs,

That’s what I was looking for, and that’s what we got on this record.

When I make albums, I do a lot of songwriting but not necessarily a whole album,

We’re both on the same wavelength, in the sense that he’s done other types of records … a little different from what I do. That’s what I wanted from him, to kind of take alternate...

an amazing vocalist and a ridiculous songwriter.