I'm careful what I put out there into the universe, musically. I don't take it lightly.

We protect aspirin bottles in this country better than we protect guns from accidents by children.

I was going to be a doctor, but I think my music allowed me to help more people than I could have done one-on-one as a psychologist. Just like other people's music really helped me.

I stare to memorize your face, to kiss you in my mind, love you all the time.

The part of my education that has had the deepest influence wasn't any particular essay or even a specific class, it was how I was able to apply everything I learned in the library to certain situations in my life. . . The library takes me away from my everyday life and allows me to see other places and learn to understand other people unlike myself.

Later in life, the memories I have of my mother are of constant work balanced with caring for my ailing father.

When I write a song it's always from the point of view: makes the song the best it can be.