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I'm A Songwriter. My Voice Just Serves What I'm Writing About. So To Let All That Go, I Mean, Bring The Sensibilities Of It Actually To The Song Choices, But To Just Be The Interpreter Was Incredibly Liberating And Really Fun.

My Dad Had More Compassion Than Me. He Was Nonjudgmental. He Didn't Care Where You Stood Politically. He Just Took You As A Person On Face Value. He Could Love All Stripes, And That's Why All Stripes Claim Him. He Didn't Judge.

I Think That My Sensitivity To Music Has Actually Deepened And Expanded As I've Gotten Older. You Add More Life Experience.

I Dream Of Songs. I Dream They Fall Down Through The Centuries, From My Distant Ancestors, And Come To Me. I Dream Of Lullabies And Sea Shanties And Keening Cries And Rhythms And Stories And Backbeats.

There's Always That Moment When You Realize What It's Going To Be. You Might Have An Overarching Theme And You Need To Fill In The Blanks - And Then There's This "aha" Moment When You See Where It's Going. That's The Most Satisfying Part Of Writing.