Most of the songs are, in a roundabout way, actually addressed to myself, there's a certain aspect of the songs that's very confessional, very unadulterated...It was a very unfettered, spiritual experience.

What I try to keep in mind is that there are going to be a lot of articles that are going to be misrepresentative of what I'm about as a person and as a writer.

I started making music because I could.

Typically I go in the studio and whatever I'm contemplating that day will wind up being a song. I don't come in with lyrics... I just go in and let it happen.

I salute you for your courage, and I applaud your perseverance, and I embrace you for your faith in the face of adversarial forces.

I'm sad, but I'm laughing.

...and what it all comes down to is that I haven't got it all figured out just yet.