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"I tend to think of the songs as being a picture of a period of time in my life. Less like one story and more like a change in a way of thinking over time. It begins in a pretty negative, anxious place, at arm's length - and as it progresses, it becomes warmer and more trusting."
"There's a whole spectrum of emotion to explore, and that's what we were trying to do on this album."