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The first song I ever wrote was when I was 12, and it had, like, four lines in it. You progress and get better.

I kind of need to be ambulatory to write lyrics.

I used to know all the lyrics to all the songs from 'The Phantom of the Opera.'

I have two sisters, so we watched all of the Disney films. I think I still know the lyrics to them all.

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

The songs are my lexicon. I believe the songs.

I've gotten to a point where I don't want lyrics to mean anything.

I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.

I try to write lyrics so that they won't age, which sort of leaves you with the big subjects like death and love and sex and violence.