You go to LA, or you go to New York, and it's really fun to go there. But they're not grounded. Everybody is just competing all the time for the limelight. It's too much entertainment industry. There are too many choices. And it's distracting to me.

That's a good way to live, go against the wind.

One victim lives in tragedy, another victim stops to stare, and still another walks on by pretending not to see

I write a lot of songs people don't hear. I really just enjoy the process. I finish 'em all. I don't think there's a whole lot of difference between the bad ones and the good ones.

Unlike a lot of people, I don't need the affirmation or anything.

Deep in my soul, I've been so lonely, all of my hopes fading away. I've longed for love, like everyone else does, I know I'll keep searching after today.

Like a rock, standing arrow straight. Like a rock, charging from the gate.