The foolish idea that my music can actually make a difference in someone's life - that right there is proof that it's working. It makes me feel great, it really does.

A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love for one's family, a love for where one's really from.

Everything in my life really filters down to the music.

I'm a self-taught musician so how I read music is kind of very weak and I kind of read my own version of tablature, I write my own crappy reminders on what I'm playing.

There's no shame in being crazy.

The measure of your character is not what you do when people are looking. It’s what you do when you think no one is looking.

I hope everyone wakes up and appreciates life.