"It was so frightening at the time to be seventeen and have heart monitors hooked up to you. That was the moment the songwriter in me was born. I discovered a whole other side of me. I came home that night and started writing lyrics. I discovered it all at once: It was like opening up a lockbox, and inside was a depth that I didn't even know I had as a person, or a writer β incredible creativity and vision and neurosis, complete neurosis. They all go together in a package."
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Bloggers from the United StatesSinger-songwriters from the United StatesGuitarists from the United StatesMusic producers from the United StatesPop singers
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Hiatt, Brian (2006-09-21), "My Big Mouth Strikes Again". Rolling Stone. (1009): 66-70
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