The great thing about a song is that no one has to know your story. But if you tell it in a way that has clarity and means something to somebody else, then it can apply to their story.
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Not only is your story worth telling, but it can be told in words so painstakingly eloquent that it becomes a song.
When you write a song, the goal is not to convey the details of your life. You should write a memoir or something if that's what you're going to do.
I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.
When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.
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.
Not to take anything away from artists who don't write their own songs, but it's always been important to me to make sure it's my story.
I try to tell a story musically in a song.
I think in most cases, when you're writing a song, you're just making up a little story, and you're not really thinking about making a point one way or another about it. You're just coming up with a little scenario and seeing it through, and that's it.
I'll take a certain concern of my own or a situation and try to frame it around a fictional story, but sometimes just straight-up autobiographical songs work well, and sometimes a story is better. I like stories. I like to hear them. I don't think there are enough of them in songs anymore.
Music is a lens through which to see who we are. Every phrase of every piece of music is trying to tell a story.
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