American - Musician | September 16, 1963 -
I think I do better when things are a little tougher.
Richard Marx
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When things are too easy I lose interest in them so I find ways to complicate them to get myself interested.
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I've never written a song that I thought was a hit.
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The only thing that's a little tricky about it is sometimes people assume that if it's a new song, it's a reflection of what you're feeling or going through now.
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I love when people get songs wrong. I love when people take something from a song that's totally not what I intended!
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People take songs so literally.
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I really didn't have any plans to record prior to doing My Own Best Enemy.
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So it was just a case of getting a bunch of songs that I had been writing for years but hadn't recorded together, and the result was My Own Best Enemy.
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I've always loved groups like U2 and Coldplay.
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But once you have some success in one style, the business wants to lock you in that vein forever.
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I understand that, but this disc shows the type of music that I've always liked and wanted to make.
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I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these do.
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