I walked a thousand miles just to slip this skin.
In America everything's about who's number one today.
I always write with an audience in mind. If I feel that [connection] coming back at me then I feel like I'm doing my job. That's why people come to my music - for some emotional experience or a perspective, either on their own lives, or on the world that they're living in.
She's a walkin', talkin' reason to live.
The one thing I wished for my children is that they'd be readers.
You make your music, then you try to find whatever audience is out there for it.