It's a real wrenching thing to go from being a private person to being a public person, especially when you're being autobiographical.

I have a love-hate relationship with the Grammys because I don't see the music world as a competitive sport.

Something I do love about social media is how you can expand your idea. You can make an extension of your art as opposed to just using it for promotion.

If I were to try to identify a turning point I'd say that was it - getting clean.

But it's only after you've played it on the road 20 or 30 times that it becomes really finished and polished...and you realize what it means, and you get the phrasing right.

All invisible from where we stand the connections come to pass, and though too strong to comprehend they affect us not the less.

All it really needed was the proper point of view. No one's gonna bring me down.