GoddamnSusanBoyle

AMANDA. Oh my goodness I am such a huge fan, i can't even tell you. I was Zombie AFP for Halloween one year and I did The Jeep Song for so many talent shows and oh my god I hope you answer my question.

Now that my fangirling is over, I have a sort of serious question and it's kind of a sensitive subject.

When I first listened to the song The Point of It All, I thought of a girl I had gone to school with for years who died of ALS when we were 17. She wasn't the most popular girl and people who were not nice or outright made fun of her seemed to pour out of the woodwork to claim how she was their best friend once she was sick and long after she died. So the line "and you're learning that just cause they call themselves friends doesn't mean they'll call" really hit home about that. Also the whole "stare at the wall" thing.

Then I found out you had a brother who had ALS, and I was wondering if what you went through and witness with him influenced you to write The Point of It All?

I see. Well now I know. Sorry to bring down the tone of your AMA. I hope you'll be touring near me pretty soon!