"The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true."

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"The process depends on the situation, and I don't think there are any two songs that have gone exactly the same way... well, actually, that's not true."

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"It is one thing to record an album but it's a huge difference when people play it and listen to it and embrace it the way that I do. It has always been my dream to get my music out to the world and have people hear it."

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"Strains of music spring up, crystallizing in the night air like rain turning suddenly to snow, drifting to earth."

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