The biggest influence? I've had several at different times - but the biggest for me was Bob Dylan, who was a guy that came along when I was twelve or thirteen and just changed all the rules about what it meant to write songs.

Say a prayer for the pretender, who started out so young and strong only to surrender.

I'd have to say that my favorite thing is writing a song that really says how I feel, what I believe - and it even explains the world to myself better than I knew it.

I want to find myself a girl who can show me what laughter means, and we'll fill in the missing numbers in each others paint-by-numbers dreams.

I'm not sure what I'm trying to say, it could be that I've lost my way.

Don't confront me with my failures, I had not forgotten them.

No matter how close to yours another's steps have grown, in the end there is one dance you'll do alone.