know ♪ >> over the last four years, just learned how to write for my own reasons and write for myself. and it's pretty ironic the moment i started doing that was the moment most people related to it. ♪ an old man turned 98 ♪ >> you know, it was that egocentric tendency on my part and perhaps everyone's part to think you're alone in your pain. i quickly realized that i was not alone and that millions of other people were feeling along with me. people were tired of sublimating, people were tired of being inauthentic about their real experience and conforming. so i think there was this door that busted open, and i was on the crest of the wave. ♪ it's like rain on your wedding day ♪ ♪ it's a free ride and you've already paid ♪ >> "ironic" was really funny because what she was talking about wasn't ironic at all. but she became one of the