If you produce yourself and you're working in a band, there's certain compromises everyone has to make, because it's a democracy and you have to cater to each other's feelings. When you have a producer, you have this objective ear… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I'm still writing songs but leaving them a lot more open and not trying to control every nuance of it. — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I don't have to think too hard to keep my writing within a certain narrative thread. That happens because certain words trigger other associations… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I write lyrics really fast. When it's time to write, I usually put them off until the very end and then when it's time… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
It's just like I get this identity crisis: my body doesn't want to write, my mind doesn't want to write. Nothing about me wants… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I wasn't being critical of myself in the way I can normally be, and I was letting myself follow through with stuff. It was… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
Obviously I attach myself so much to my songwriting. If I didn't attach myself to that being my sole attribute, then I would be… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
When I'm in writing mode I tend not to listen to music. I usually have a gestation period before I start writing. When I'm… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
I do love the marriage of words and music. I do love them in terms of little snapshots. But, I guess I understand my… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
If you produce yourself and you're working in a band, there's certain compromises everyone has to make, because it's a democracy and you have… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
For one, the nonverbal aspects of music are the most important to me. Then, whatever sort of emotion the music carries, intrinsically, dictates the… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
The writing about what you know thing was a huge one. Not worrying so much about what people think. Just writing for myself and… — Luke Temple Copy Share Image
