Lyrics can be important, but ultimately, what pulls people in on a song is melody and the tracks and the way music feels.

Music! Makes the people! Come together!

Adele ultimately did well in such a large way because she affects everybody, and the way that she writes seems to be popular music, not because of her skin color but because she writes great music, and it's popular in that way.

Cause you a star—no, not the type that snort the white lines
I mean the type to light the night time

The blessing of being able to write music and let music speak for itself is you let the melodies and let the lyrics and the groove talk to people instead of me talking to people.

Sometimes all I have to comfort me is a song, and sometimes a song is the only thing that will comfort me