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That's why these songs have lasted as long as they have because they're just about feelings that don't change. They are love songs, they are not specific, those kinds of feelings don't change.

It's just that a lot of songs that are popular right now, they don't have any meaning.

They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.

Love songs are one of the great essences of life, the only thing that's lasting.

If you write great songs with meaning and emotion, they will last for ever because songs are the key to everything. Songs will outlast the artist and they will go on for ever if they are good.

When you write a song, a song has longevity.

I wasn't thinking of the longevity of any of my songs, but I am extremely pleased with the lasting effect.

I always hate explaining away songs, because for me they mean something, and for other people, they'll mean something absolutely different.

A song is only as strong as its foundation, and when it comes so naturally in any setting, those are the songs that will hopefully outlive you, maybe even outlive the next generation of You.

Songs are a way to express what I have felt. A way to understand what happened to me or to other people.