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I think that most people who write about music just want to fill some paper. They're not really interested in getting to the heart of something. Otherwise, they wouldn't write what they write.

Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.

Music is an art form. It is a way to wordlessly communicate.

As far as I'm concerned, the whole point of making music is to get it heard by as many people as possible.

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

Music in itself carries a whole set of messages which are very, very rich and complex, and the words either serve to exclude certain ones or point up certain others.

Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.

The tricky thing is music is supposed to be very mysterious; the way it's made is mysterious. Then people like to get upset with the music business.

If you look at the content of songs people write, it's usually about the things they know best.

People make music to get a reaction. Music is communication.