I guess it's just my job to somehow balance knowing that every song is going to come differently and be different, but also know that, on the other hand, I am a songwriter and I am a craftsman, and I do have a craft and a technique and a method. So I need to balance the technique and the method.

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

I always liked playing music and I always wanted to be good at playing guitar. I always saw myself as an old man living in the mountains playing a guitar, but I didn't really turn that into a desire to be a professional musician or a singer or a rock star or anything like that.

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

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

What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.

I can't really write unless I'm full of inspiration. And even then I can't write unless I have some alone time.