I ride a bicycle everywhere I go, the physical strength is obvious, but my mental strength and my capacity to love myself and to love others has definitely expanded. And that's the one thing I need the most in taking on a life of touring and a life of basically being with hundreds of people every day and not exhaust one's energy.

I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I get far away from singing.

I'll experience vulnerability when I just don't have any more to give.

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.

Being a human means waking up in this world, where we all have to work and slog to put food on the table.

When I sit down to write a song, I really want the message of healing to thrive and transcend all ages.

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