If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else.

Musically, there's probably nothing better than, after spending weeks or months of grinding on a lyric or a song, when you play a good song from beginning to end for the first time - there's a moment there where all the pain and suffering is worth it.

I've learned that love takes priority.

I'm a family guy. A lot of my songs are inspired by my kids. Simple relationships. Watching them grow up, watching them share experiences with me and vice versa.

The most rewarding thing of my success has been the ability to use my music for many different causes that have become important to me.

I'm excited about the old songs. That's a nice place to be after grinding out the music business for twenty years.

As a songwriter, I think that comes with the territory. The older you get, you like to say it doesn't matter, but you care what people think about what you do.