Equality and separation cannot exist in the same space.

I was looking for inspiration. I found it in California. The weather was always great, and the majority of San Diego seemed to be youth-and if you weren't 21 and couldn't get into the clubs, you'd go to a coffeehouse and hang out.

It's through my health that I'm able to maintain that every single day and keep light in people until I'm actually of service to others.

I'm lucky I'm in love with my best friend Lucky to have been where I have been Lucky to be coming home again

I love surfing and bodysurfing. I love getting slammed by the waves - that makes me feel alive. The waves are a good reminder that I'm small and fragile.

It's from being melancholy and having my human down experiences that I learn, that I overcome, that I transform - and these realizations I put into song. That's what I choose to put in my backpack and carry with me around the world.

It makes me feel great, knowing my songs are being heard and of service to people.