If people can't relate to something, there's no use of the song being there.
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I think in some ways, it can do a listener a disservice to explain a song. I think I'd rather leave a little room for people to put themselves in it.
If you are making music for other people, you will have to be aware of how people relate to it.
I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.
The funny thing is, people's perceptions of what a song is about is usually wrong a majority of the time. But they're still going to read what they want to into it.
I'd rather not get into what I'm talking about lyrically. I think it's impossible not to demystify a song when saying what it's about. Music and art can be damaged severely by too much information; I say that as somebody that has participated in that.
The music is going to die if you don't tap into something that people today can relate to.
A song has to take on character, shape, body and influence people to an extent that they use it for their own devices. It must affect them not just as a song, but as a lifestyle.
Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.
Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
I love the fact that people can relate to what I'm saying, even if it's not for the same subject I was writing about. That is the power of real music and real expression.