"I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows."

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"I also used to work in the Catskill Mountains as a bus boy, and I performed in talent shows."

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"I've written songs sober and I've written songs high."

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"I get a different kind of lyric from someone else that might make me go in a different musical direction."

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"You have to be very brave in that first writing session."

First

"If we were the team that won out, then life was good and we felt that we were worth something."

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"I looked through our catalog year by year, and I saw that there were pockets of time when we wrote some terrific songs. Then all of a sudden, we'd go for another two or three months and there weren't great songs."

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"I know at the beginning of our careers, my wife and I were gut wrenchingly competitive."

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"It's amazing how a competitive nature can turn a negative into something positive."

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"Probably most successful songwriters have an innate songwriting ability."

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"The real danger of writing a great song when you're on something is that it might get you thinking that the only way to repeat that is by only writing when you're high."

Danger

"I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside."

Fear

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