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“The songwriting was almost like something I did while I was waiting for my daughter to come back.”
“The guitar influence that affected my songwriting came from the New Wave of British Heavy Metal.”
“I always believed that I have something important to say and I said it.”
“You can't ask me to explain the lyrics because I won't do it.”
“At first it was my brother's songwriting and I was just doing what everyone told me.”
“Songwriting's never been a natural art for me; it's always been a bit of a struggle.”
“I started being a songwriter pretending I could do it, and it turned out I could.”
“I love songwriting. It's second to my love for singing in how I express myself.”
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“All the good music has already been written by people with wigs and stuff.”
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“It's the damage that we do and never know. It's the words that we don't say that scare me so.”
“When you're moving in the positive, your destination is the brightest star.”
“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.”
“Songwriters write songs, but they really belong to the listener.”