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"After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration."
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"You were not born to make only a living but to live life."

"You have to believe in your dreams, to reach out for your dreams."

"Like a bird, fly against the wind of opinions to reach your destination."

"You are never to old to set another goal or to dream a new dream."

"Without challenge we become too comfortable with life."

"When you travel, appreciate the culture of the people in the land."

"Life is never ordinary, it is always a wonder, it is always magical."

"Your destiny is the only path to be travelled by you."

"Life will fulfill your expectations."

"You have to work harder to achieve your goals."
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"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."

"You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person."

"The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together."

"When you feel like you've had a good show, you go backstage and you talk to yourself about it, and if you have a bad show you talk to yourself about it."

"Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs."

"With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things."

"I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them."

"People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need."
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