I pray to give thanks and to recognize all the good things that are in my life even during times of great change, confusion, or frustration.

It's not until I hear songs that I've done, that I realize how much of an inspiration music from the '60s and '70s has been.

Life is going to be a constant peeling back of layers, a constant unlearning of what we've been taught or believe to be true. I think that I've come to terms with the fact that that's just going to happen for the whole duration of my life. I feel really good about being able to look myself in the face and say, "Oh, who are you now?" And that might change.

I feel like the majority of the fear that I had or that we have we hold from other people. They're like people that we trust; they're their fears. All of a sudden we think that they're our fears.

I grew up in the middle of everything. I walked the streets alone, I rode the trains alone, I came home at three in the morning alone; that was what I did.

I grew up in a pretty tough neighborhood.

I believe if you can find something to give back to, your soul will feel fulfilled in a very powerful way.