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I love sad songs. They say so much. I love country music but even the happy songs sound really sad.

I don't think of my songs as sad songs. I think of them as vulnerable and honest. I crack jokes in between songs, so people don't leave feeling too dark.

Happy songs are very difficult to write. How many truly great upbeat songs are there?

With sad music, or music that's perceived as sad, there's a sense of solidarity that can be really powerful. My songs are all joyful to me.

I like singer-songwriters, and I find sad songs comforting rather than depressing. It makes you realise you're not alone in the world.

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.

I know for works for me - those wonderful sad love songs.