And at the time, for one of the few times in my life I didn't have a band, I just had myself and the guitar, so I was going to have to do something with just my voice, just the guitar and just my songs that was going to move someone enough to give me a shot. So I wrote songs that were very lyrically alive and lyrically dense. And they were unique, but it really came out of the motivation to - or I understood it was - I was going to have to make my mark that way.

Our American government has strayed too far from American values. It is time to move forward. The country we carry in our hearts is waiting.

Let there be sunshine, let there be rain, let the broken hearted love again.

I have my ideas, I have my music and I also just enjoy showing off, so that's a big part of it. Also, I like to get up onstage and behave insanely or express myself physically, and the band can get pretty silly.

Baby, this town rips the bones from our back it's a death trap, it's a suicide rap. We got to get out while we're young.

Mama always told me not to look into the sights of the sun. Oh, but mama, that's where the fun is.

Some of the greatest blues music is some of the darkest music you've ever heard.