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" I can finish a show and walk through the audience without being recognized. "

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" People in the Midwest, there's a lot of regional pride and a lot more, like, fake positivity - 'That's great - you're awesome!' "

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" All the issues you deal with get more complicated as you get older; it takes more focus to write songs that reflect what you've gone through. "

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" I think people, just because of digital recording and how computers have become such an important part of our lives, I think the means to record music now is in more people's hands. It's a lot cheaper than it used to be. "

" I've learned by experience that, if I get too clever with lyrics, or if I'm not totally embodying my own wants and needs in the songs, I can't remember them. "

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" I don't really have friends in general. I never have. I didn't go to college and didn't have friends in high school. "

" Early on, I really liked the idea of being confrontational. I loved the idea of making songs that made people really uncomfortable. "