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There's this element of surprise when you're writing songs, like it's something outside of you that you get to be part of. And it's just exciting. And that's why I keep writing - because I like that feeling.

Sometimes when I write songs, I don't know what they're about, and it just suddenly comes to me.

I'm a very lucky guy. I get to write music that I love, and lo and behold, people seem to really like it. I know how fortunate I am.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

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 write most songs randomly. They don't always deal with something I've been through but something I think is important to tell.

When I'm writing, it's the weirdest thing: it's not even a conscious process. I'm not even thinking when I write, and then all of a sudden, I'll have a song that makes me feel so much better than I did before.

When I write songs, it's very random. I get influenced by the most random things! Sometimes it just comes to me in my sleep or just hanging out in a restaurant or something. Music just comes to me, and I'll start writing from there.

I usually don't write songs by people calling me and saying, 'Write a song about this.' Usually I'm just going with what I want to write, so you never know.

I've never written a song in my life. It's all a big hoax.