"People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need."
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"Some things remain fragments, just the lyrics and melodies or a line or two or a verse."
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"Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control."
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"I'm not sure about anything as far as religion and spirituality go."
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"Words don't come easily, like forgive me."
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"I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it."
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"I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ."
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"My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it."
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"I don't want someone to squeeze me, that might take away my life. Just want someone to hold me, and we'll rock through the night."
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"With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things."
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"Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs."
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"We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us."
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"I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia."
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"Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding"
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"Love's a recurring theme through my work."
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"As a child I spent a lot of time at the library."
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"I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!"
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"I think it's important, if you are an artist, to use your music to stand up for what you believe in."
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"I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night."
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"I got a plan to get out of here, I've been working at a convenient store."
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