Very often it's really inconvenient - who you fall in love with. You can't really control it.

I want to know what became of the changes we waited for love to bring/Were they only the fitful dreams of some greater awakening?

My forays into trying to date girls my own age from the school I went to were all pretty tortured.

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

I look around for the friends I used to turn to pull me through. Looking into their eyes, I see them running, too.

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.

And my dad wanted me to play the trumpet because that's what he liked. His idol was Louis Armstrong. My dad thought my teeth came together in a way that was perfect for playing the trumpet.