"Writing music is just something that I was born to do."

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"Writing music is just something that I was born to do."

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"It's a very organic process, and it has a specific order to it. I love to write, and once you've written, then you arrange. After the arrangement, you record it, and then you tour it."

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"My mother bought a piano, put it in the front room, and I just started writing my songs."

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"I found my sound early on. Look at U2: they haven't changed their music for 20 years. Anyway, many people come unstuck when they try to change what they do and what they are known for."

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"In America, you watch TV and think that's totally unreal, then you step outside and it's just the same."

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"I love to go on tour and perform. I love all the parts of the process."

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"So if you're on tour for eight months, a year... or whatever it is you definitely don't want arguments and I'm happy to say that I've always had a really nice bunch of people around me all the time."

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"When I was younger I was obsessed with writing, so even if I wanted to listen, I didn't have time."

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"So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing."

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