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People shout out for songs and I don't even remember writing them.

I don't want to be known for anything other than writing songs.

I sometimes don't know what songs are about for several years after I've written them.

I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't want to intrude on anybody's life, which is why there's very little specificity or names in the songs I write.

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.

As a singer, I just want to try to honor what the writers create - and as someone who's trying to write songs, I just hope I can stand in their company and not embarrass myself.

I've written songs about things that nobody else has ever written about.

You have moments of grief in life, and if you can put pen to paper and capture that, that's something wonderful. I can revisit actual songs about past deaths, and I know that emotion is as true now as it was then.

I'm a songwriter who just wants to bring people great songs.

It's not about battling the original artists when I record these songs, it's about paying tribute to them.