You know, albums are a funny thing. They're not like an intellectual decision. It's a collection of your kind of musings. Like it's a collection of your diary entries and you pick which one's gonna make the most sense together and you put out a record and you sort of live it.

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.

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

I busked from the age of 13 until I was 18.

I only ever really take out my guitar when I'm miserable, which isn't necessarily a very good time to do it.

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

We saw too much beauty to be cynical, felt too much joy to be dismissive, climbed too many mountains to be quitters, kissed too many girls to be deceivers, saw too many sunrises not to be believers, broke too many strings to be pro's and gave too much love to be concerned where it goes.