I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.

I know musicians who think that drumming and guitaring can be very meditative, but singing is different because when you think about things, you put words to them. So I try to just stay present most of the time, I try not to let my mind wander and I also try not to clear my mind. I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that's happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I'm saying.

I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.

I think anyone who is an artist or writer or owns their own business or whatever can agree that when you come up with something on your own, it's an addictive feeling.

I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

Blessed is this life, I'm gonna celebrate being alive.