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" I think it's my interaction with journalists that has pegged me more as political than my actual records, although they have obviously political aspects to them as well. "
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" People always ask me 'do you think there should be more bands doing political music?' and I say 'absolutely not.' "
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" The best way to do that is to pick up a new instrument or an instrument that you don't typically write on and see where it takes you. Whether it's using an acoustic guitar, or piano, or electronics as tools, all of these lead to creating different types of songs and I used all of these methods for this record. "
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