Songs that write themselves

Tom Johnston of The Doobie Brothers: One of the things about writing, for me, I'm just speaking for me, the best (songs) are the ones that just write themselves. You don't have to sit there and labor over it. You don't have to think "that doesn't work, this doesn't work"… If it feels good at the front end and it just keeps flowing, you just keep adding parts. And now with the addition of using software and being able to play keyboards, being able to sing into the computer, being able to play guitar in the computer, you can envision the whole thing to the end. It's not something you're going to put out as a recorded song. But you can take it to the band, (show them) how it goes, and then you flesh it out with other guys.