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But I always held my music up and protected it from compromise. So I just do it for my friends. I've written hundreds of songs, and I'm sure I have a few albums worth of songs.

It's nice to sometimes get things out of life, rather than stealing from other artists. I'm trying to steal from the real people.

The reality is that people think it's okay to steal music.

I try to steal something from the great singers. Of course, I don't want to imitate their sound, but I try to do a sort of compromise.

I stole everything I ever heard, but mostly I stole from the horns.

Music kind of kidnapped me for a while.

I tend to feel really protective of songs, and if they aren't sitting well in a record, I'll pull them tight to my chest until I feel it's a better time.

We have a problem now with parents stealing their kids' CDs, so the roles have been reversed.