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" I often get ideas for songs on the tour bus at odd times. Like at 6am when no one is around, I'd just write. "

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" Most of my songs have names of people I've met or are dear to me. There are people who have privacy issues and about people knowing about their private life. But for me, I like to include few special names and few details about them to make the song very special to me. "

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