The less I talk in bars, write emails, express myself in an emotionally lewd way outside of my songwriting, the more I have to do it through my music.
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I drink a lot, probably too much. My scene while writing lyrics is always a bottle of scotch and stacks of note cards, pencil and pencil sharpener. I throw around note cards and drink.
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I want people to listen to my lyrics and be okay with themselves. The people who have it the roughest are homosexuals who come out of the closet.
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My job is to be some sort of music/lyric psychic, to figure out that that’s the right song to not fight the lyric.
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Everyone grew up with a piano in their living room, so rocking out on the piano was accessible – it wasn’t an upper-class thing. Now pianos have become very much a piece of furniture.
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A lot of 18-year-olds are like old men. They think they’ve seen everything.
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There is still some art in pop music. But it can’t happen if you’re not inspired.
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I feel like a quote out of context, withholding the rest so I can be for you what you want to see.
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I do have that mindset – that most good art comes from some turmoil, from someone trying to come to some equilibrium, or come up and get a breath.
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I’m aware that I’m very fringe, and it’s nice that way.
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Now that I have found someone, I’m feeling more alone… than I ever have before.
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I’ve gotten to the point where I realize that I need to tell my truth in music and not walk around blabbing my mind.
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Why would I want to sound like Joni Mitchell? I’ve got Joni Mitchell records, and they’re great, and I couldn’t possibly be that good.
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Everyone, when you’re a teenager and you’re growing up, you do feel like your life is dramatic enough to be on a TV screen, but we know that it’s not.
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