"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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"Illusion is the first of all pleasures."

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"The old jazz singers or old blues singers, you always just saw them kind of sitting down and singing. They weren't worried as much about their voice sounding perfect. They would make the song kind of fit their voice."

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"Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything."

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"You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready."

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"I feel a lot more comfortable being me these days. I'm constantly told that my work is good. A lot of fans and a lot of other artists say my songs and albums mean a lot to them. Isn't that what's important?"

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"Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is."

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"I don't mean to complain. I wouldn't trade my life for anything."

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"So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight."

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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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"I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people."

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"The man I lived with is a Christian, so I would talk to him about it. What would this person do in the Bible? What's the story around this person? Generally, when people talk about characters in the Bible, there's one thing they're known for, like Job."

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