I'm a big believer in that old cliché of thinking globally and acting locally.

I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.

Songs don't really feel like me unless I somehow shed a little secret or open myself somehow or be vulnerable. When I'm singing these songs, it feels like me, and that comes with the vulnerabilities and the strengths and the moments of triumph or whatever.

Don't forget that love is all you came here for, not anything less. Need I say more?

I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.

The mountains inspire me because they are just still and they have such a strong, quiet presence that feels very old.

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