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I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

I like to write songs about what's happening, what I see around me and what I hear. Everyday life. Someone may be talking to me and I may take it from that.

I could write songs about politics, but I'm conscious of not writing songs that sound the same as the ones I wrote 30 years ago.

When I'm writing a song, I'm just making stuff up as I go along.

I like to make songs that are based on concepts.

With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything.

I just try to write songs that people are going to have a dialogue about.

I'm always storing away phrases and ideas and things that I think might turn into songs.

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.