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All of my songs are autobiographical.

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.

I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

The songs are inspired by my experiences. Sometimes they are more than my real-life and, conversely, my life is more than just my songs.

I love story songs because I've always loved books.

My songs form a kind of biography or diary of my life as they are about people I have loved and people I only knew in my heart, places I have seen only for a moment and places I have lived all my life.

My songs are basically my diaries. Some of my best songwriting has come out of time when I've been going through a personal nightmare.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.