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" Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head. "

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" I want to be able to be a father to my kids, where I've never seen my father, but my kids can see me whenever they want, so that was broken. "

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" Everywhere I go, from malls to restaurants to sold-out tours overseas and back, everywhere I've been, I get nothing but love. "

" I wouldn't be able to do the songs as long as I've been doing if I didn't feel the pulse of the world. But I can feel people and I know what they want. I feel like I know how they are, because I am the people. And I just have a gift. "

" There are so many songs in me that haven't been born yet. So I can't call myself a genius, but I never turn away a compliment, and I feel like I'm on my way to that mountain. "

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