I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I like garage band for writing because you only have crayons and there are only five crayons in the box. Your choices are limited and I find that to be very good for me.

So many policy decisions that effect musicians are being made without any input from musicians at all.

I wanted to touch on the piece where often politicians use "god" to excuse their actions.

I am really pleased to hear each of my songs described as a total surprise. This is what I want!

Mostly, the people in "the room" are paid lobbyists representing interests that could afford to pay them. No wonder policy isn't being made that helps smaller, independent musicians or those unaffiliated with a larger entity.

When I began writing songs, there was a pretty direct line between what was happening in my life and what I wrote about. So my first album was really all about my failed attempts to make a particular relationship work.