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Making Musical Magic (with Jason Mraz)

Funny Cuz It's True with Elyse Myers

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How to Write Songs That Express Your Feelings

In 2011, I went through a really big Lady Gaga phase and I accidentally ended up rewriting word for word love game by Lady Gaga. Some songs I just can't even sing anymore because a different ego wrote those songs. You said that you're known for your positivity. Do you feel pressure to write music that is mostly happy? Well, in order for me to write an album of say 10 songs, I have to write a hundred songs. And the 10 that make it on the album are going to be the ones that I had some kind of personal transformation from darkness back into light.

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