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

I choose to believe that there is good in people and that everything is a lesson. Our place on Earth is to go deeper, to somehow get wiser. To have spirit.

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

A song is like a saddle: you ride it for a while, and if it's the right kind of song you can sing it for the rest of your life.

I've always loved playing solo. I guess in a way I just feel blessed to be able to make music. My favorite thing is usually whatever I'm doing right there and then.

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.

Well, everything about singing, I learned from busking. Everything I learned about songwriting, I learned from busking.