Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

Across the board, from my mother to my father to my aunts and uncles, everybody has always given me a lot of love.

You need a strong sense of 'otherness' to be able to create in your life.

I'm not afraid to be bluntly honest in my songs, even if it means I'm discovering things about myself that I'd rather not.

Theres nothing but spirit in music. Thats all it is. Yeah, theres a lot of intellectual elements to it, but no matter how you approach it, its all spirit.

I don't know anyone who is a writer who isn't influenced by the relationships in their life.

Songwriting isn't always something that's directly proportionate to the experience.