Looking for approval or blaming others or feeling like a victim. Whenever I feel myself doing that I try to stop and see myself as someone who's a creator in more ways than just what the word typically means.

All of my unconscious fears were in my face about letting go of the current identity. A lot of the thoughts that came up were fear-based and false, so I had to work to let them go.

You are a worksmith and who cares for his brothers, whos not seduced by illusions or fair weather friends.

Your political views really denote your spiritual views.

The thing I always default to is that I'll always be here to write songs.

Then I realized that secrecy is actually to the detriment of my own peace of mind and self, and that I could still sustain my belief in privacy and be authentic and transparent at the same time. It was a pretty revelatory moment, and there's been a liberating force that's come from it.

I would never judge someone's intrigue with the spoils of fame, because I went through that.