We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.

The spirit is what guides my life, and I'm humbly on my knees in thanks for guidance and direction every day. But God is not something to be preached, it's something to be lived.

There's no room in my life for religion. Religion is separation and segregation of God. How can you segregate the Almighty?

I write songs and I sing them from the deepest part of my existence and I hope they connect with the deepest part of yours.

Folk is bare bones music.

You have to do what you believe in.

Fearlessness, absolutely. Discipline. You also need open-minded creativeness that lets everything in. You never want to lose a word or a phrase, yet every one should count. Always the best language possible. And, finally, knowing when to leave it alone. Stop when it's done.