In the last 10 years, children have been locked inside their rooms, glued to their PCs. . . . But now with mobile technology, we can actually take our children outside into the natural world with their technology.
If I come across an issue, or something I feel strongly about, and I happen to think of a song that would go in that direction, then I do it. But that's not what I start out, necessarily, to do. Sometimes I may have an idea for a song - "Well, I'm going to write about a thing.