I really wanted to approach performing live differently than most people who just play guitar and sing.

I have some vivid memories of walking around as a child with a cassette tape.

I want to talk about things that are tangible and real to me, but I also want to do them in a way that's poetic and artistic.

Life is short. I'm here to make music, I'm not here to sit on a beach. That sounds really boring to me.

I made a note in my head to be aware of things as they were happening, because they might not happen again. Up to that point, I was not really that appreciative of what was going on, or thinking about documenting life in a plainspoken manner. I was talking about my life and writing songs, but then I would go back and listen and they were about dreams, and legends, and metaphors and that was just not my life!

I never looked at being a musician any different than waking up one day and wanting to be an accountant or a lawyer.

I've traveled quite a lot and become a coffee nut.