I did commit to myself that I would not jump back into being the workaholic that I can be before I gave myself an honest opportunity to create the marriage of my dreams and to create the beginning of the family of my dreams, and that took a hot second.

The ego is a fascinating monster.

When pain brings you down, don't be silly, don't close your eyes and cry, you just might be in the best position to see the sun shine.

My brother says that I was writing songs about fate while he was off playing soccer. Now I tell him he's 33 and being a professional while I'm playing soccer with my friends. Ha!

They're different kinds of challenges depending upon what phase of life I'm in.

What's that line from TS Eliot? To arrive at the place where you started, but to know it for the first time. I'm able to write about a breakup from a different place. Same brokenness. Same rock-bottom. But a little more informed, now I'm older. Thank God for growing up.

I'm saying what a lot of people would want to say but are too embarrassed.