I don't think there's any problem with working with a songwriter or a producer, but I just don't think you should completely hand it over to them.

I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is.

There are a lot of producers and people in the music industry who take credit for the work of others when it's not actually their work. Especially big producers - they have a song that's written by one guy with a produced mix by someone else and then it's sung by someone else.