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I'm a songwriter and I'd love to make that a part of my career.

I really look forward to putting on a record. I love writing music and think that may be my strong suit even more than singing. I can't wait to take that music on tour and share it with as many people as I can.

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

As a songwriter, that's really what you hope for - to make that connection with your audience.

A lot of people considered my career as an artist largely over. Two albums got shelved. But I've made music since I was a little kid, and for the majority of that time, I wasn't paid for it. So I will always be making it.

I'm a failed musician rather than a successful writer.

If anything, I want to be seen as a singer-songwriter rather than a pop artist.

One other thing, if it's possible, as songwriters, you should also develop yourself as record producers.

Songwriting is something that's very daunting until you have your first successful song, I think.

It sounds odd, but I was a singer and started writing songs, and I didn't have anything in mind. Maybe it crossed my mind that it would be cool to have a hit record and a career, but that was so out of reach that I don't think I thought about it that much.