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I try to write life and not songs. People live life, and when you write life, you're going to mess around and touch somebody's heart, and they'll relate to you and what you're singing about.

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.

You can't write about stuff you don't know about. You have to live it. You have to roll up your sleeves and get your hands dirty. Live life to be a good songwriter.

I write about my life.

I've done nothing with my life but write plays.

That's what my life is, writing songs.

As a songwriter, I'm not necessarily writing about myself or my life.

In order for me to write, I have to experience life. I write the songs based on real life, and I perform them from a very real place.

I don't write about anything I don't want to write about. I like to think I could write about anything pretty much that I chose to. I have been asked to write songs about specific things, and I've always been able to come up with the goods.

I'm always writing or playing because that is my life.