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 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.

I think most artists would agree, it's one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that's loving it, it's another thing to add cameras, but it's a really cool trade off to be on television.

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

As an artist I write about the world I want to live in. And as a musician and someone who is in the public eye, I think you have this responsibility to influence people. So I try influence people to live from their heart and make conscious decisions , and I try just inspire people to make positive change. That's purely the reason I do it. I want to see the world get better, you know?

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

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