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Maybe 80 percent of what we conceive to be a song idea or the meaning of a song is not exactly what the artist meant most of the time. It's not bad - people can take what they want from it.

Matt Corby

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Matt Corby
Age: 34
Born: 1990
Born: November 7
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I change lyrics to the songs all the time, too. I don't know if it matters in a lot of ways because you can take what you want from it.
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That's the weird thing about music: It's never for anyone to own.
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That's another interesting thing about music: It can mean anything.
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