"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs"
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The second pivot is even more strategic: “Dad and I are writing songs together.” She’s not just name-checking family; she’s reaching back toward a lineage that predates her Disney origin story. Billy Ray Cyrus functions as both credibility and continuity, placing her in a Southern, country-leaning songwriting tradition where authenticity is measured by notebooks, not by press cycles. It’s also a subtle reconciliation narrative: whatever the public thinks about her phases, there’s a stable relationship and an ongoing collaboration underneath.
“I’ve probably written 100 songs” lands as a soft flex with a protective edge. “Probably” and the round number keep it from sounding like corporate bragging, but the message is clear: she’s prolific, she has a backlog, she has options. In an industry that treats artists as products, Cyrus is emphasizing authorship - not just performing an identity, but manufacturing the raw material that makes reinvention possible.
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Cyrus, Miley. (2026, January 17). I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs. FixQuotes. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-four-shelves-covered-with-journals-that-77924/
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Cyrus, Miley. "I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs." FixQuotes. January 17, 2026. https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-four-shelves-covered-with-journals-that-77924/.
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"I have four shelves covered with journals that I've written. Dad and I are writing songs together. I've probably written 100 songs." FixQuotes, 17 Jan. 2026, https://fixquotes.com/quotes/i-have-four-shelves-covered-with-journals-that-77924/. Accessed 7 Feb. 2026.







