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It's kind of crazy to see how many people actually listen to my music.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

Occasionally, you get a nice surprise when someone covers your song in an extraordinary way.

Most of my songs aren't about me. They're about stuff I've seen.

Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.

Maybe some people that only listen to electronic music will pick up my record and get turned on to some of the story songs, some of the more country-type stuff.

But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

A lot of people have come with 100 songs and never had the impact that I have with one, and I'm well aware of that.

Record covers helped me discover a lot of music that I wasn't aware of.

I'm the perfect amount of guarded. I don't reveal too much, and I never reveal who the songs are about. They are real life. People get that. I date a lot of musicians and they do the same thing. People that work with me - who I write about too - they get it. It's my creative outlet, my therapy.