If you start getting yourself into just doing stuff for the money, even if it's a desperate situation, I just firmly believe that if you stick it out through that, then something right will come down the path.

As far as keeping my sanity, it's something I've only recently tried to focus on as a means of self-preservation.

I'm three years into my recovery from heroin and all this stuff and I want to be able to help people. But they have to do it on their own.

When you write a song you're more or less saying, "This is everyone. I think this is everyone." It doesn't necessarily have to be this thing where I go out and I'm like candy-striping, or becoming a therapist or something. I think that maybe, maybe I'm supposed to [be a musician], because of that fact.

For a really long time, I've been trying to find balance where I can talk about my feelings and be upfront with people, confront issues and not have to beat them to death or ignore them.

I'm still learning, but I can see there are decisions in life that are going to be very challenging and it's always better to get through them, always.

If you do the right thing, the right thing will come down the path.