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I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

- Adam Schlesinger
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What should a song be about? It's a trick question for songwriters because lots of amazing songs aren't 'about' anything. Or, at least, they're not about anything that's obvious or logical.

What should a song be about? It's a trick question for songwriters because lots of amazing songs aren't 'about' anything. Or, at least, they're not about anything that's obvious or logical.

The nature of the music business is such that it's better to have a few chances for some things to be successful than just one, and that's kind of been my attitude all along.

I just like to stay busy, and I like to work with interesting people.

Either I need an assignment with a strict deadline - like something for a movie or a TV show or whatever - or else I need to create a made-up deadline for myself for my own records. Otherwise, I don't write anything.

Making your own records is really satisfying in the sense that you more or less get to do what you want. It may not sell or whatever, but on an artistic level, the only people that you really have to fight with are the people in your own band.

Saxon, if you are unfamiliar, is a British heavy-metal band that has been around since the mid-'70s and was in no small part the inspiration for Spinal Tap.

As a writer, I find it very satisfying when a lyric suddenly ties together more neatly than you expected it to. But for the listener, hearing a good lyric is not generally as exciting as hearing a great beat or a great riff or a great melody or even a distinctive singing voice for the first time.

I tend to write songs that are about something pretty specific. A lot of them tell some kind of little made-up story.

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I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.