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A lot of the songs are based on my previous relationship. It didn't work out. I lost him, and it ruined me. I had to learn to get back on my feet. I used that heartbreak to create something really beautiful.

And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.

Just this morning, out of a large memory for songs, and having been obsessed by them since childhood, suddenly, at the age of 84, I thought of a song I hadn't thought of in over 50 years. It came into my head unbidden.

I will have a song that I'm in love with for a couple of months and then I'll go to something else. That's just constantly changing. And sometimes I will go back to old one that I haven't heard for a long time.

I go through a thousand songs to find ten for a new record.

I must be careful not to get trapped in the past. That's why I tend to forget my songs.

These songs are old friends I have entertained myself with when I'm washing the dishes, driving to the store and walking down the aisles. The ones that you sing when you're driving in the car and as a singer you always go back to them.

I really feel every word to every song a lot more than I have in the past.

My favorite songs change every year.

Every single song that I've listened to is in my memory forever.