"I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it."

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"I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it."

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"I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?"

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"In so many interviews, they bring up the sexual aspect of the record. I've had some journalists say it sounds like I'm lying down in bed singing with a microphone. It gets so old!"

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"I have such a great band. We had played all this material on the road. I just wanted to let it fly."

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