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I'm not really into the whole lyrics thing; I just like to make music that people like to listen to.

Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

When there are no lyrics, people can picture what they want. It's a reflection of where they are in their lives. Music becomes a mirror.

Anything is food for starting a song. A song can start with a lyric idea or a melody or just a sound that inspires.

Even if I'm writing music, it's with a lyric in mind, to communicate some kind of feeling.

Singing is just a feeling set to music.

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.

A good idea for lyrics and a melody to expand on.

I've got my interests and my life experiences as I'm putting lyrics together. And if you start looking at patterns, you start thinking, 'Well, what am I really singing about here?' A lot of it seems to be a battle for some freedom against oppressive forces. That seems to be a theme in a lot of the albums I've done.

In a song, you have to have a lyric that gives us new ideas on how to live, a lyric that makes us feel, and a melody that gives you some kind of body response and emotional response.