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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.

All of my songs are autobiographical.

I always write my music based on what is going on in my life at the time.

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.

There's always going to be life experiences that find their way into my songs.

My songs are self-explanatory... somebody pointed out to me that... my songs pretty much speak for themselves.

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

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.

A lot of times, I don't feel responsible for the songs myself. But that's my job or my place in life: to keep my search and catch the ideas before they pass me by.

I've always written songs, even when I wasn't doing anything with my personal life in music.