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It's really easy to do sad; you just put on some sad music and write dramatically - everybody can do that.

There are times when I'm really happy and I write something really sad, and vice versa.

It's much easier to write when you're sad. But you can end up isolated and depressed because you almost need to put yourself in that situation to have that angst to write from.

Sadness was something I was thinking about in my life outside of writing, so it wormed itself into whatever I wrote.

Writing makes you feel better, to get it all out.

I've tried to write deep and serious. I spent years working to write a story that would make my writing group cry.

Oh yeah; I love when I'm writing something that makes me cry - that's so cool. If it got me to do that, it's going to get someone else to do that.

My writing comes not from the happy moments, but from struggle and grief.

I think depression creates in me an urgent need to write, but I also believe that daily stress, and even the positive 'stress' of intense happiness, can compel me to express myself through the written word.

I take my inspiration for the song writing from little experiences, not even if I've experienced them myself but say if something has made me sad, I will use that emotion. I just use everyday life and write about it.