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I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs.

I don't really write songs anymore.

People have said to me, You can't write songs. You can't play an instrument. But I've got 10 gold records.

I'll have to get people to write songs for me right now until my own writing comes around.

You cannot teach a person how to write songs. It's about being your own person and following your instincts.

There are as many ways to write songs as there are songs.

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

Writing is not work. In fact, there's nothing better. Writing is something that if the music business went completely away tomorrow - radio stations quit existing and music quit being popular and it was old hat - I would still write songs.

I'm not musically inclined. It blows my mind that people can write music. I don't have that talent; I look up to the people that do.