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Music comes to me more readily than words.
People have allowed me into their homes, through my words and my music.
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.
The meaning of the words in my songs are very important to me. But what's most important to me is that the music works.
When I was very little my mother would read to me in bed. She gave me a fascination for stories, and for the music in words.
But to me the actual sound of the words is all important; I feel always that the words complete the music and must never be swallowed up in it.
I know, deep down, that what makes my music what it is are my words. It always starts from me wanting to say something. Once I've run out of things to say, I'll be done.
Over the years, music put a weapon in my hand and words in my mouth, it backed me up and shielded me, it shook me and scared me and showed me the way; music opened me up to living and being and feeling.
I met Prince William at a musical festival and he let me know he was a fan of my music. But the invitation to sing at his wedding reception came completely out of the blue. The fact that Kate and William knew the words to my songs was very touching.
People often complain that music is too ambiguous, that what they should think when they hear it is so unclear, whereas everyone understands words. With me, it is exactly the opposite, and not only with regard to an entire speech but also with individual words.