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" With my gift, I can pretty much write a song out of anything. "

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" I've always wanted to write movies - I always used to tell my mom that I wanted to be a director. "

" I had a cyst on my tonsils, and I couldn't sing. I had to have an operation. "

" Other kids could read, other kids could write, other kids could spell, they could do math. I felt like an alien. I felt like an outcast. I felt like, 'What is going to happen to me?' "

" When I first came in the business, I had a couple of close calls on planes going to London for shows. There was one time where the plane had to fly around until a storm ended, and then we started having a question about fuel, so we had to go through the storm. It was the worst thing that ever happened in my life. That really messed me up. "

" My mother always told me if you write about life, you will always be in the game. Just don't write songs... write life. I decided to take her up on that. "

" I want America to know that you can't believe everything you hear, and nowadays, you can't believe everything you see. "

" I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters. "

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" I walk around every day with a radio playing constantly in my head, and this radio station plays a lot of hits. But it's all my songs, so that's something to be excited about 24 hours a day. "

" They say marriage will change you but it didn't change me. Being in love changed me. "

" When you hear romantic music, it makes you want to take your girl out to dinner or buy her something or take her out in the moonlight or take her on a walk. "

" I don't have a job, so I sit in the studio all the time and think of stupid stuff to do. "

" 'The Notebook' was beautiful, and I was crying because its hero and heroine had died together. "

" If I could change anything, I would definitely have had a father around. My father. I would definitely say it affected me deeply as a young man, coming up. Who doesn't want a father? Those are the beginnings, and those are what can dictate the roads you choose in life, and choosing them well. "

" Before I can finish one song, another is knocking on my door in my head. "

" Downstairs in my house, I have a museum room. I keep all of my awards down there, and childhood photos, and even all the clothes I've worn on tour, in videos and on album covers. "

" 'Love Letter' reminds me of 'Chocolate Factory' and 'Happy People.' It's a little bit of both of those, yeah. I just wanted it to be classy, man. And romantic. And maybe 10 percent sexy. "

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" You can't satisfy everybody. I will continue to do my job until I get fired, and the only people who can fire me are my fans. "

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" I'm a man that believes what I see, and everywhere I go... and everywhere I've been... I get nothing but love. "