I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.

Death is there to keep us honest and constantly remind us we are free.

I'm affected by my environment. Los Angeles makes me defensive and wary.

Now is the only thing that exists.

Love is the promise that guides me.

A simple smile, a tender touch, speaks the true language of love.

For those two years in college I was constantly singing and writing and playing in coffee houses and stuff.