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" Every song asks to be sung in a different way. "
Song
Different
Different Way
" I always felt, as a listener at a show, that when there was too much banter between the artist and the audience that it detracted from the show. I more enjoyed shows where the guys came out and they just played. "
Artist
Audience
More
" I can't get excited by my own music. It's impossible. "
Music
Own
My Own
" I'd much rather be playing songs than talking to people. "
Much
Talking
Songs
" I don't really think of myself as a folk singer. "
Folk
Think
Singer
" I'm a very emotional person. "
Very
Emotional
Person
" I'm very uncomfortable in my own skin. "
Very
Uncomfortable
Skin
" I need space between me and the audience - and the more space the better. "
More
Me
Better
" In order to get a note out, I have to dig deep, and I mean that on an emotional level. To physically sing, I have to get somewhere deep before I can do it. "
Emotional
Deep
Somewhere
" I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well. "
Wisdom
Grow Up
Grow
" It bugs me that people think my songs are personal because it means I have to explain myself all the time. "
People
Myself
Think
" It's so easy to get caught up in your own experiences. They can seem so important. But there are billions and billions of other experiences going on. "
Own
Going
Experiences
" I want to write music that will outlive me. "
Me
Write
Want
" I was really lost for a while in my teens. I was angry. But when I found music - Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell - it was a new discovery. It was a door to this other world where I wanted to be. "
Young
Angry
Door
" My backstory is so tedious. "
Tedious
" My voice sucks. I don't like the tone. "
Tone
Sucks
Like
" Social situations, for me - it's very natural for me to be an observer. That's where I'm most comfortable. I observe things. "
Me
Social
Things
" The label doesn't do anything but put your record in the store, that's all they do. And tell you, you don't have a single... and tell you, it's not gonna sell... that's what the label does. "
Anything
Single
Tell
" There's a real sense of desperation when you grow up in poverty. "
Grow
Poverty
Grow Up
" The thing I love about music is that you can take things that are painful, deep things that hurt you, and you can turn them into something beautiful. "
Love
Beautiful
Deep
" We all have that inner voice that is wise, even if we don't always follow it. It's that voice I'm trying to listen to. "
Listen
Wise
Voice
" Well... you know, I love motorcycles. They're just beautiful, and there's a certain craftsmanship in older bikes, older Triumphs or BSAs or Norton. I'm just very attracted to it. "
You
Love
Beautiful
" When I pick up the guitar, it's a melody, and that's what drives the lyrics. It's bits and pieces of truth, but it is storytelling. "
Storytelling
Up
Truth
" When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs. "
Songs
Folk Music
Music
" You can make bad choices and find yourself in a downward spiral or you can find something that gets you out of it. "
Yourself
Find
Out
" You have to believe in yourself before anybody else believes in you. "
Believe
Believe In Yourself
Yourself
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