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I'm always writing lyrics. I have so many lyrics on so many stray pieces of paper. Everywhere.

I've learned this, that haters wanna hate. You could sing a song perfectly, you could write the songs perfectly, and some people are absolutely going to hate you.

So one can say that I write all the time, that goes for the lyrics as well.

All through my life, I was hated on. When I was in middle school, they used to write in my rhyme book, 'You suck' or 'This sucks.'

I get writer's block all the time. The only way I can write what I consider to be good lyrics is to put myself through the mill.

I actually find a lot of pleasure in writing lyrics.

I write music all the time. When I talk about having writer's block, it's more to do with lyrics than anything else.

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Format. I'm an insane narcissist, so if I have to get something off my chest, I'll get something off my chest.

One of the big songwriting things for me has always been: always think what you do sucks. Because the second you stop believing that, you suck. And that's a fact.