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Ultimately, I love making music more than anything. And I want to do that for ever. I don't want be on the top. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing.

But at this phase of my life, I want to write and not have to think about whether a song is going to be a hit. I want to explore the music that inspires me, and I don't want to ape myself.

I hope to have a long career, and I don't want to be defined by things that aren't the music.

I'm approaching a period in my life though where I'd like to be totally absorbed into music, doing concerts, writing something. Basically, that IS what I am doing.

I don't think about what I can't do or what I shouldn't be doing. I just think there are endless possibilities musically, really. And I'm very, very open to experimenting with different people and trying to find different methods of writing and making music.

I only want to make music because I have a passion for it.

I want to do music the rest of my life.

I'm doing exactly what I always wanted to do, and I still like what I can do musically.

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.