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The crudest thing I've done as a teacher was to require students to write a national anthem for their country and sing it themselves.

Some children's music is aimed just at kids, and it can be very childlike.

My parents discussed singing every night over the dinner table; I had a tremendous music education.

I always wanted to sing, as a child.

My whole family could sing. My family harmonized without any instruments to accompany them.

I've done a lot of growing up since the age of 16 and I really wanted that to be reflected in my music.

I love singing so much. As a kid, that was what I wanted to do.

I wanted to do something inspirational for my children.

Songwriters always reminded me of that kid at school who would go around with his guitar, like, 'Yeah, songwritin' man,' looking wistful. That wasn't me - those kinds of people put me off. In the early days, I'd write a bunch of lyrics and almost look at them as a sort of joke, to make the rest of the boys laugh.