David Crosby has opened up about his songwriting process and his new release.

The rock legend offered up his newest effort, Lighthouse, in October and he spoke with ultimateclassicrock.com about the things that keep him fresh creatively.

When asked about his choice of collaborators, he noted that the choice is often pretty simple.

"I look for talent. I look for wordsmithing because, of course, words are critical to me.

I look for people who treasure songs the way I treasure a song.

You know, a song has to be able to make you feel something.

If it doesn't, it's not a song. It's just "ooh baby, ooh baby, ooh baby."

I look for the ability to communicate. Now, Michael came to my house to write, and in three successive days we wrote "Things We Do for Love," "The Us Below" and "The City." One, two, three, bang, like that, in three days."

He also spoke on his continued commitment to political songs adding:

"There are these politicians in Washington who are run by the corporations, 'cause corporations gave them the money to get elected, and they send our kids off to war.

Now they and the corporation that owns them couldn't give as less about the death, about the guy who got his shoulder blown off.

To them, that's just the cost of doing business."