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Normally, I don't like explaining songs. I don't want to kill anyone's interpretation or the story they want to make for themselves.

I don't actually like explaining the meanings of my songs, because I think people can take away more from it if they use their imagination.

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

Frankly, I mean, sometimes the interpretations I've seen on some of the songs that I've written are a lot more interesting than the input that I put in.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

Sometimes a song indicates that it wants to be about a certain thing. And then if you write it, you find that it is about something that you've done.

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.

It's better for the listener to interpret their own meanings to the music.

The actual writing of a song usually comes in the form of a realisation. I can't contrive a song.

Sometimes when you're writing a song and that song comes into your head, it definitely comes from somewhere, like a real experience.