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All We Do As Songwriters Is Rewrite The Songs That Have Impressed Us Till We Find Our Own Voice. It's Part Of Learning The Craft.

Bob Dylan Is One Of The Very Few People In The History Of Popular Music Who You Can Unquestionably Apply That Word [genius] To.

What Songwriting Does Better Than Almost Anything Is Empathy - It's Incredibly Empathetic. The Reason People Sat Around In Bars When They Were Bummed Out And Listened To Country Songs Is Because It Made Them Feel Better In The Long Run.

Poetry Is The Hardest Thing That There Is. It Fascinates Me, So I Want To Write More Of It.

I Make An Embarrassing Amount Of Money For A Borderline Marxist, Just By Selling 100,000 Records. I Don't Sell Millions Of Records, And I Don't Need To.