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I think probably the only thing that is around in these songs is that I was really lonely when I wrote a lot of them. But it was really by my own choosing because I was devoting myself to songwriting and dancing and I wasn't really going out and seeing people.

I can't remember writing any of the songs that I've written.

In the beginning, I wrote OK songs, but they didn't have a unique perspective.

It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion.

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

It's a gift that I have and I became good at it. When I heard my first song I didn't even know that I could write songs.

I never set out to write songs about the world around me... it just kind of came about as a result of paying more attention to things.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.