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" Half the bloody world is going through a divorce; more than that are having children. All of us have parents who are dying or have died. It's just the life cycle. "

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" I was 17 years old and in my first band, and we played at the university. I was kind of a gawky, unpopular teenager and there was about 400 people smiling and dancing to what we were doing. "

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" People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something. "

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" I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it. "

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" Running is very rhythmic, and I have written a lot of lyrics while out running. It's a very musical exercise, and sometimes I like to sing when I run. Your whole body is doing the same thing. "

" We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves. "

" The darker and the sadder the song, the happier it makes me feel. It's just this, ah. I'm in the moment. I'm part of this beautiful world, and it's fantastic, and I don't really know how else to describe it. "

" It's all kind of a big illusion: the white picket fence and the perfect marriage and the kids. Check that box off, check that box off, and move forward. "

" I'm not online. I'm not on Facebook much. I don't connect that way. "

" I'm not one to sit and wallow - I would rather figure out a way around so I can move past it and be at peace with things. I don't like bad feelings gnawing away at me. "

" I was a pretty insecure kid, didn't have a lot of friends, and was picked on a lot, and music gave me confidence. "

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" I'm really lucky that my record companies have been patient with me and leave me alone and give me the time to make it right in my mind. "

" I've heard myself referred to as a quiet superstar, and I don't quite know what that means. "

" 'Time after Time' is one of the best pop songs ever written, in my opinion. It's an incredible, beautiful, timeless song. "

" Having the opportunity to express myself through music has been extremely cathartic for me my entire life. "

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Life

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" I'll answer anything... I'm brutally honest, actually, which gets me in trouble. "

" I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. "

" I would love to make my music and be completely anonymous, but that doesn't work. You can't have success and be faceless. "

" Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else. "

" If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it. "

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Singing

Love

" I play piano every day. "

" I think sometimes all you need is to hear someone else say the same thing that you're going through to realize that you're not alone. I try to put some sense of hope into the songs, into whatever the situation is so that it's not just dirt, drudgery and a life of misery. "

" I sort of feel like music saved my life when I was young. This is the one thing that I knew I was good at. "

" When I say music saved me, I don't say that lightly. "

" I spent a lot of years on the road, and what happens is you find out who your real friends are and you find out where your strengths and weaknesses lie in communication. I've had the same friends for 20 years now and I can count them on one hand. "

" I think... I'm perceived as an everyperson. There is no pedestal. I'm no different from anybody else. "

" I feel like I really tapped into a pretty honest emotional place for myself as a lyricist. There's a broad spectrum of emotions. "

" In a sense, I'm always hearing music of some sort, whether it's people talking or surface noise or whatever, because there is no privacy. So when I'm by myself, I just kind of like to be and reflect, and I can't do that when I'm listening to music. Because it's someone else's reflections, not mine. "

" I don't tend to question things that much. If it feels right, I go for it. "

" I kind of have a happy magnet. I can't stand being depressed, so I work my ass off to get out of it as soon as possible. "

" Coming to terms with the fact that my marriage was a failure was devastating and very difficult. I blamed myself for a lot of things. It took me a very long time to get over it. "

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Failure

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