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"Mark is very, very talented and gifted at putting guitar progressions together that make sense and are perfect for vocals. He makes my job so easy by giving me the music that he gives me. He writes all the music and gives me a tape and says, "Here, put some vocals over this." And I always get it. I get so excited about it because I love what he does. Then he calls me up after I give him a tape back. We're both feeding off of each other. We both love what one another does and it's a wonderful relationship to have. We bounce off each other, and it's a very open writing relationship. All we want is to write good songs. We don't care who does it. Whatever it takes to write good songs that the whole band loves and gets excited about, that's what we want to do." Scott Stapp