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melody and the way he chooses; I’ve learned so much from him. I’ve watched and I had to learn his songs because I’ve been doing the harmonies so I’m sure that has influenced me. I’ve always had a thing for lyrics, way before I knew him. I just love lyrics, they’re the things that get to me. So, it has been just so much fun working with him with that around the lyrics. I’ll bring him lyrics and as the producer/arranger he’ll make a suggestion and he’d shift one little thing and wow it makes so much difference; it’s like having an editor for a book.” Life throws twists and turns, some are easy to navigate and others not so much. Since she finds lyrics such an integral part of songwriting; what does she base her content on? “I don’t always write specifically about one thing but I think there are some songs,” she explained with a slight pause. “I always feel that a song is always more about one thing; it’s going back in time or an accumulation of things that Listen to “You Won’t Catch Me” by Zara Phillips NJ STAGE - ISSUE 72 INDEX NEXT ARTICLE 120