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I can't listen to music while writing - any such distraction would have dreadful consequences.

I don't listen to music when I write - I find it distracting.

If I walk away from music, I walk away from myself.

I rarely listen to music while writing. I wish I could, but it distracts me.

I don't listen to recordings of my songs. I don't avoid it, I just don't go out of my way to do it.

I don't actually listen to much music since I need quiet to work.

I can't just sit down and make a song in a day. It's only possible if you focus on the music and not the sound.

In college, I faced an interesting problem. I wanted to play music all the time and yet I wasn't ready for anyone to hear it. To remedy this, I took to retreating to stairwells as a safe place to sing and write music. It was there that I wrote most of my songs in college and really grew into an artist.

I am always thinking about writing music; my wife is constantly asking me: 'Is there any way you can turn off the music part of your brain for a minute?' but I really can't! It's my form of therapy.

I write while listening to music, mostly because the world beyond my headphones is too chaotic.