The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

Maybe I'm too young to keep good love from going wrong, but tonight you're on my mind, so you never know.

The people who raised me musically are my mother, who is a classically trained pianist, and my stepfather.

Your soul can fly outward, stringed to your ribcage like a shimmering kite in the shape of an open hand. Be still and listen to the evidence of your own holiness.

A tune has to resonate with whatever is happening around it.

I just want to be a guy with a guitar.

The most audacious thing I could possibly state in this day and age is that life is worth living. It's worth being bashed against. It's worth getting scarred by. It's worth pouring yourself over every one of its coals.