And that's how, why I write songs: is to sort of find a place for my emotions and my intellect to meet and make sense of what's happening.

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Part of my job is to emulate Senator Moynihan who had an incredibly wide-ranging intellect and weighed in on many public issues.

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It hit on all the issues I personally struggled with wanting (unsuccessfully) to fit into a culture that is profoundly male in every way, shape, and form while also wanting to earn the same financial fruits from my intellect that the men were.

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