Courage and willingness to just go for it, whether it is a conversation or a spontaneous trip or trying new things that are scary - it is a really attractive quality.

Peace of mind for five minutes, that's what I crave.

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

When I start writing songs and it turns into an overly belabored intellectual process, I just throw it out.

Freedom lies at the heart of my willingness to lose everything

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.

If someone hates or loves something, then right on. I can't rob them of that. I'm not going to try and change their mind. Something's been triggered in them to react so emotionally.