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So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

I want all of my songs to do well whether I've written them or not.

I'm not an extremely prolific writer. I don't write songs all the time.

Some of the best songs I've written, I've written in 10 minutes.

I don't really write songs anymore.

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.

I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear.

I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs.

Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.