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"I've always written about things that cause me to feel something."
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"Writing, overall, has never been what I'd call fun. It's fulfilling. It doesn't come real easy for me."
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"I've always been aware of having feelings that were pretty intense at times. I imagine most people have had that, or they wouldn't be human."
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"If something bothers me, it bothers me for a long time until I find a way to work it out. Music provided me with a means of working things out."
"Maybe I spent more time dwelling on emotions than some people, and maybe that's why I ended up writing."
"Most of the music you hear on the radio today is developed for making money. It doesn't feel true or honest. You can feel it in the music."
"I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things."
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