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When I hear other artists talk, they talk about 'How come radio's not playing my song?' Well, you have to look at it under a microscope and know that each station is just trying to do what's right for their market, and it's scary for a radio station to add a song that they don't know how well it's gonna do for them.

It's tough hearing your voice on the radio, on a chorus, and knowing that people think it's another artist.

I think when you put a new record out, everyone has a song or two that they feel people will be moved by so much that radio will be forced to play it.

Even a song on the radio that completely lacks substance is there for a reason. Sometimes, people need a break from cold reality; the song that you really don't have to put that much thought power into can be just as entertaining as something that might take you on a three- or four-minute cruise through the depth of reality.

It's easy to make an album full of great songs. But I want people to go for the ride. The songs have to make sense together.

If part of the purpose of making an album is to get some radio play, then you might as well think about that. But that's not really how we picked the songs.

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

I'm not trying to dog any artist or genre, but to me, there is a lot of diversity missing from the radio. I miss turning the radio on and getting punched in the soul with a great lyric.

As an artist, you have to work really, really hard because you gotta make something that will allow people to even take the chance to even listen to it, you know?