“I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about. The first song I wrote was called "Kitten." It was about a boy named Liam, who I was just crazy about.” WritingFirstsLittlesKidsSongGirlBoysCrazyKittenWriting SongsLiamLeprechaunTeapotsCatwoman Author:Bonnie McKee
“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.” PeopleMindStoriesSongConversationStoresAdvertisingTitlesRealisedGroceriesEpiphanyGrocery StoresSong Titles Author:Bonnie McKee
“I was writing songs as a kid about leprechauns and Catwoman and teapots - whatever it is that little girls wanna sing about.” WritingLittlesKidsSongLittle KidWriting SongsLeprechaunCatwoman Author:Bonnie McKee
“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.” IfsThinkingSongDifferencesOkayTrackHonestlyMelody Author:Bonnie McKee
“If you can take it to the next level and really tell an interesting story in a unique and fresh way, then I feel like that's a great song.” IfsWayFeelsStoriesSongNextInterestingLevelsUniqueNext LevelInteresting Stories Author:Bonnie McKee
“There's a feeling that you get when you write songs where... it feels like it's destined to do something. Then sometimes you get that feeling with a song and it never goes anywhere, that happens all the time too, so you never really know.” KnowsFeelsWritingSometimesFeelingsHappensSongDestined Author:Bonnie McKee
“Sometimes I write a song and I'm down with it but I'm like yeah, whatever, and then everybody loves it and then it blows up. I'm like: "Okay! I didn't see that coming."” WritingSometimesSongOkayYeahBlow Author:Bonnie McKee
“I've always felt my spirit animal was a Tiger, so it's funny that now in 'Roar' with Katy Perry - which is a song we write together - there's the line: "I got the eye of the Tiger..." So I feel like there's a little bit of me in there.” FeelsWritingLittlesEyeTogetherSpiritSongFeltBitsLinesAnimalLittle BitTigers Author:Bonnie McKee