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When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.

The whole beauty of music is that it goes where your words won't let you.

The goal is to try and make the perfect song. Which of course will never happen.

I'm definitely not going to go and sing a song that condones certain things.

I understand it's my role to realize people's dreams. I'm O.K. with that so long as my songs are my own. No one can take my songs away from me.

I can't make a song for a particular person or demographic. If I love it, I'm gonna do it. I have to perform it for the rest of my life. A song is like a tattoo - you can never get away from it.

You never know what's going to play into what's worthy of getting encapsulated into a song.

I also just accept that I might never want to write a song again.

I'm not afraid to write my feelings in songs.

But when I hear a great song, I can't help but be inspired by it, regardless of whatever genre that song falls under.