My dad was quiet, angry, shut down. So my thing is: I express everything that's there. I want to get it all out.

What happens to us all, I think, when we pick up a pen, is that we just become snobs.

I've realized, you know, having turned 40, that rest is just as important as work. In fact, it's equally as important.

I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music.

The muse holds no appointments. You can never call on it. I don't understand people who get up at 9 o'clock in the morning, put on the coffee and sit down to write.

I pick up my guitar and play. Something might come, and then the pen comes out. Then an edit, until something comes out that you're actually satisfied with.

Relationships can be about yourself, they can be about you and your god, you and your people, you and your family. It can be about a lot of different stuff. And it is.