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There are some good songs, but not the kind of song-writing that I remember, that I like. Springsteen still does it. Paul Simon, and there are also good writers, but that doesn't dominate the charts.

I didn't write those songs, but I can relate to every one of them... I have.

I always wrote poetry and stuff like that, so putting songs together wasn't that spectacular.

I always saw songwriting as the top of the heap. No matter what else you were going to do creatively - and there were a lot of choices - writing songs was king.

I've always gravitated towards songwriting that happens easily and spontaneously, because those have always been my best songs.

I wanted to write songs that were as good as the covers.

I've always thought that whether I'm writing or not, I've gotta pick the best songs, whether or not they're mine. I'm not gonna sing them just because I wrote them. I've gotta find the best songs to make the best record I can.

One of my favorite songs is 'Ghost' by Indigo Girls. Emily Saliers wrote that, and she is one of the most talented songwriters ever.

I started putting down my own pen and spending some time searching for the best songs out there possible. It doesn't matter if I wrote them or not.