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I work very hard on getting the songs as direct and examined as I can before I go in the studio.

I just write songs and hope that they do well. I'm sure there is some pressure from someone at the label, but I'd rather keep away from it.

Artists who write songs... what they're going through usually comes through in their music.

Before I wasn't sure what I wanted to say, but now, I have had so many different experiences that they have given me what I want to get across in my music.

If you write songs you have an idea how they're going to sound.

Songs are often character studies.

I'm not like a professional writer with professional skills. Songs kind of come into my head the same way they did when I was a kid. I say I'm an overgrown kindergarten kid. I work on songs.

When I analyse the music, I can get really extreme.

You have to focus hard on recording songs that you believe in.

The music industry is a world of smoke and mirrors: they tell you exactly what they think you want to hear. And they are bare-faced lying. I tend to stay away from that.