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It might make me unpopular, but I think… writing your own songs is overrated.
I’ve been to the hippest barbers, and I can tell you categorically: nothing flips indie kid face fuzz like the shave of an inauthentic artist. In an age of “co-writers” like the Jonas Bothers, Avril Lavigne, Rihanna, Britney Spears, and any number of other dimple-cheeked dodos, it’s hard not to get a little angry: does anyone write their own songs anymore?
