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Music means different things to different people and sometimes even different things to the same person at different moments of his life.

Each song has its own life.

Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.

I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and touch somebody's heart, and they'll relate to you and what you're singing about.

It's hard to believe the life that 'Someone Like You' has taken on. It's proof that people hunger for great songs - and they are open to different interpretations of songs they love.

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

In the music business, we all do different things, but we sit there and admire other people who can write a song differently or sing differently. It's not so competitive.

Our perception of songs that we've written... the meaning changes from day to day... to whatever stage we're at in our life and careers.

A lot of songs are derivative of each other. Sometimes you need to take a departure from what you do to something that's slightly different in order to get inspiration.

In advertising, you have a small window to say the most you can. That's what songwriting is. The difference is, you get to put the leaves on the trees and colour 'em in.