I used to be so young, how did I get so old?

If you make everything really on the nose so everyone knows exactly what you're talking about, it's often not as strong.

Acknowledging the lucky breaks are paramount to enjoying life. Not being defensive about our successes/failures. So, in short.

I think it's important to accept all the ways that we're absurdly lucky. I'm a white male from a safe city in a wealthy country.

And sometimes you just have to trust that there will be more, sometimes you go through dry spells and you have to assure yourself "no no, it's gonna be fine. There's gonna be more songs, it's all good.

I think that's why art prevails: because it helps people in a fairly intangible, magical way feel more connected to each other.

You can't just look at the side of something that you want to see. You have to look at the whole round object and understand that there are parts of it that you don't like.