Social media is a giant distraction to the ultimate aim, which is honing your craft as a songwriter. There are people who are exceptional at it, however, and if you can do both things, then that's fantastic, but if you are a writer, the time is better spent on a clever lyric than a clever tweet.

I never had a long-term plan.

One day I'll wake up and I'll have 10 or 12 songs and think, 'Oh that sounds like it could be a record.

Out of the dragon's claws and into the fire, there's a moment in every man's life when he must decide what is wrong and what is right.

I've always wanted to push myself and move with the tide. That's just how I am and it's worked for me.

Thoughts crystallize into habit and habit solidifies into circumstances.

If you love animals, don't eat them.