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That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about what is between the lines. The song is about what isn't there.

'Linger' was the first song I wrote after joining the Cranberries. I was 18, and the youngest member of the band was 16 at the time. We never imagined it'd be such a big hit.

When I was about 14, I got a tacky keyboard for 250 pounds and put on a drum machine and found I could write a song.

I've always been drawn back to the South, whether it's Southern California or in Florida, where I grew up, and I wanted to write a song about that.

The new material includes a Latin-flavoured song, some electric rock songs, and a ballad. Something strikes me, and I follow that. I'm as excited now as I was when I was 15.

Once at the White House I was asked to conduct the Drum and Bugle Corp. The man just handed me the baton and I finished the song. It was great. I got to keep the baton.

I tried writing a song and it wasn't very good. I sung it to my mom and she told me it was bad - but I was eight, so it's okay.

I have a song called 'Waffles Are Better Than Pancakes.' If I can't be goofy, I'll go insane.

Some people buy records just to dance to 'em. Some people buy records to listen to the radio. And there's people that buy records 'cause they listen to every song.

The song 'Yaad Piya Ki Aane Lagi' was a huge hit and we hope audiences enjoy 'Teri Aankhon Mein' just as much.

Sometimes when you sing someone else's song over and over again or songs that have been given to you, you're afraid to go out there and write one yourself.

I always sang Leona Lewis covers, and if you know her songs, she's not just singing your average easy song; she's going off the majority of the time.

Only in country music can you compare an old pickup truck and an old guitar to your wife and turn it into a love song... Thank God for country music.

I wrote that song 'Black,' and it was just this idea that I had been married for 10 years. Everyone talks about 'happily ever after,' but there's so much more to it than that.

And I'm the biggest country fan there is, but I'm always a little cautious of a slower song or just a song with subject matter.

Every song is different.

To me and my band, guitar riffs are what it's all about. We know that every time we jam on a great riff, we've got a fighting chance of writing a great song!

Life has to be a roller coaster ride. Otherwise, what's the point of living? Why should I make a song and dance about mine?

The only song I can sing is 'Lady in Red' so that must tell you how great it must have been.

My daughter, Charlotte Strawbridge, has recorded an album, and my favourite song from that is 'Empires Made Of Sand.'