I want to live the way I choose. It's all about happiness. I'm a happy person. But to find true happiness, peace within yourself and the world, that is something achieved in the moment. No matter the circumstance.

Every song is completely different. Sometimes they come like a lump of clay and it's your job to chip away and find out what's in the center. Sometimes it comes like swimming fish, and you have to follow it and see where it leads. Sometimes it comes totally fragmented.

A sunny, happy day is beautiful, but when it's moody, and storm is coming, there's an energy in the air.

Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.

People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace.

I think there's a certain magic that comes from being creative.

Pain is a part of life. It's certainly part of my creative process.