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" I get to sit at home with the dogs on the sofa, record in a closet in the office, send them off and, if I'm lucky, make a million dollars. "

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" I love the idea of how fast can we make the song, but I don't think that I'm necessarily, like, a super-talented songwriter. I think I'm just really productive. One out of 10 songs is a hit. "

" My dad is an egomaniac. "

" I liked myself much more before I got famous. I was much friendlier and had more energy. "

" The melody will tell me what the song should be about, the tone of the song. That's when the intellect comes in. Because I have a list of possible titles and concepts, and I expand on that. "

" I'm trying to have some control over my image. "

" In my sobriety, I have discovered that the people I love, and who hurt me, were sick like me. "

" 'Chandelier' took, like, four minutes to write the chords, then, like, 12-15 minutes to write the lyrics. Probably 10 or 15 minutes to cut the vocals. "

" When I write promotionally, I guess I give away the ones I'm less connected to. "

" Life is pretty surreal and awesome. "

" I really feel like I've nailed songwriting. It's my specialty; it's what I'm good at. "

" I love TV, and I love movies, and I pull so much content from the drama in all of those mediums and put them into songs. "

" I believe that once I put music out, it's owned by the listener. "

" I've been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like, and that's just not something I want. "

" Like when I'm singing live I can't hear myself. I'm just listening to the rest of the band. To listen to my voice, it doesn't even feel like it's me. "

" I'm very easily influenced, and I'm also a quick study, so I think when I decided I wanted to write pop songs, I literally just listened to pop radio for six months to get a feel for it and understand it. "

" The accolades don't nourish me - being with loved ones and my dogs does. "

" I really don't know anything about music. "

" I have big dreams. I want to keep songwriting. Direct films. Be a parent. "

" I get to do what I love and communicate whatever I want. "

" I love to dance. I have always been the first on the dance floor, but I'm not teachable. I couldn't learn 'five, six, seven, eight' if my life depended on it. "

" I don't want to be followed by paparazzi; that terrifies me. "

" I don't need to sing in front of thousands, as I can sing in the shower. "

" I don't listen to the albums that I make, and I don't listen to a lot of music as a whole. "

" I like to sing, and I like to make records - and that part is fun. "

" I'm fine around other people's feelings. It doesn't make me nervous or anxious. "

" I really don't know anything about music. I don't really listen to it. I don't know anything about the history of music. "

" Sometimes, after I finish the lyrics and have all the melodies and harmonies and the pop and vocal, I'll be like, 'I have to keep it. I love it too much.' "

" I'm sensitive and get easily upset and insulted. "

" My dad and mom were in bands: the Soda Jerks, Fat Time, Girls at Play - which is a play on Men at Work. "