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I tend to think of all the songs the same - I give them all kind of equal rights.

I just write songs from the heart, and you never know who'll like the songs. I try to make sure that I don't allow anybody's expectation to weigh on me. I have my own expectation of life. I believe in letting people be free.

For me as a songwriter, I love when other people cover my songs.

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

Everyone knows almost everything about me. I make it very clear that I'm cool with people knowing all my personal life through my songs.

The most important thing for me is the thing I strive for. But I also hope when I play my songs for people - adult, children, mostly children - that they feel mighty, they feel noble, they feel like warriors. And they feel like they can do anything in the world because that's how I feel.

If you look at someone like Joe Strummer or John Lennon, when you heard their music you knew that they wrote it and they cared about it.

My songs are the reflection of how I think and how I feel in that moment. But I'm conscious of the fact that artists have a responsibility before the masses and they have to take care with their words.

I am a songwriter. I do get to put my personal experiences in song.