Paul Simon is my absolute hero. He's one of a kind. He wrote his own ticket in life by being himself.

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

Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.

I can write songs, but I'm not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I'm not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.

Follow your heart and you won't get lost.

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

If I hear a really good song it's like, oh man, I want to write a song that good. But the urge to create mostly comes from nature, weather and I think it just effects me.