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scalpel-precise process that's lasted roughly three weeks per track. He also believes
that writing panoramic pop numbers just
might have saved his life. "I would be listless without it," he says.
"And if I wasn't writing
music, I would have to
find a way to make it
my life. The motherfucker just won't let me
go." Sometimes, he
romanticizes the idea of
leaving rock behind,
disappearing into some
small American town
and going back to college.
He's
even
researched various universities in anticipation
of just such H