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There aren't many artists who can feel sorry for me.

Real artists take the misery and sadness of life and translate it into art.

Thank God for beautiful songs about feeling despair when you yourself are in despair. They really get us through.

I'm a fairly tormented artist, and I'm less willing to indulge myself in self-pity, outside of songwriting.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

Pity speaks to grief More sweetly than a band of instruments.

Great artists suffer for the people.

The most despairing songs are the most beautiful, and I know some immortal ones that are pure tears.

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.