My parents dreaded the fact that I was changing my life to do this, but I just kept doing it.

I love the feeling of putting my feet back on the sand after I've been out in the ocean for a while. I love that. I guess the adrenaline calms down when the sense of balance returns in a really grounded way.

I recently read that it's the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I've veered way towards the left. I've been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.

I love getting a smile out of my girlfriend - that makes me feel like I'm seen, or heard.

I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones.

You know, there's still a lot of great songwriters out there who hand in songs. And there's a lot of brilliant singers and performers out there who sing other people's words. I enjoy doing both.

Cause even the stars they burn, some even fall to the earth. We've got a lot to learn, God knows we're worth it.