Talking Songwriting With Switchfoot And Tonic
Jon Foreman of Switchfoot: I think the most shocking revelation is that the more intimate and honest you can be in the song, the more universal it is. That's a strange paradox. When you find those things that you think you alone have been through, those are the things that everyone responds to. “Oh. I thought I was the only one.”
Emerson Hart of Tonic: When you ruthlessly edit the song, that's the craft. But when you are creating the song, there should be absolutely no rules.