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I love songs that tell stories. They make you feel something, something real.

I like songs with a lot of heart and feeling and subtlety.

When people tell really good stories in songs, I really like it.

I tend to like simple music. And clever, succinct lyrics. Songs that don't try to be more than they need to to be effective, to stir up something emotionally within you.

I love songs because by nature they are concise; they sum up. I try to use as few words as possible. It's usually funnier that way, anyway.

To me, there's two types of songs, good and bad. And I just like to stick with the good ones.

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.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

I will say that a lot of songs that I've written are from my own personal experiences which are special to me.

I have a very eclectic taste when it comes to music.