Don't be discouraged by writer's block. Writer's block just means you need to listen to other music.

I want to try to not be the child that had to go through too much too young. I want to be who I am now and not who I was then.

I dont know if hell exists, but there sure as hell are some people who dont belong in heaven.

Let us burn one from end to end, and pass it over to me my friend.

I grew up with the Blind Boys' music. My family owns a music store in Claremont, California, called The Claremont Folk Music Center. I grew up with a heavy diet of gospel, folk, and blues because those are kind of the cornerstones of traditional American music.

You're living life in real time, man, and we' ve got a good amount of work to do for each other. Hiding is not an option and you're going to step out and you're going to make mistakes.

That happens every time I get behind a guitar, regardless of what I'm saying, 'cause music is freedom and being free is the closest I've ever felt to being spiritual.