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I started writing songs when I was 10. It was a natural way to express myself as a kid. It wasn't until I started listening to jazz, joined the choir and picked up a guitar that my little hobby became something far more serious.

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.

When I was a kid, I wrote music - from the age of 11 until the age of 18.

I started trying to write songs when I was 8 or 9 years old.

I've been writing songs since I was a little boy. You know, I think I wrote my first song when I was 11.

I'm probably writing music now for the same reason as I started writing songs when I was 14 - to meet women.

I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.

I started writing songs at 17.

When I turned 14, I became very obsessed with writing songs, and it took over my existence.

I got into writing music when I was, like, 14 or 15. It was a very private thing for me because I used it as an outlet and emotional release. I kept it very close to myself and didn't tell too many people about it.