Music doesn't always bring me to tears if I hear Love by John Lennon at a vulnerable moment it will bring me to tears.

Look for magic in the daily routine

When I start to write a song, I have the words and I have the melody, and then it's just a matter of making it to the end. I think if I have something that I could identify as a talent, it would be that I can finish a song. I kind of know intuitively where the melody should go.