When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.

As ugly as the truth is, it's even uglier when someone says out loud what you've been thinking to yourself.

I wasn't the same person I was eight months ago, and that was okay with me. Sometimes change was good. Sometimes it was even exactly what you needed.

A lot of festivals can be a jumble of electronic music and rock and roll, and everything's all mixed up - some things are more performance art or light shows or dance parties, and then you'll have a singer-songwriter stuck in the middle to make the changeovers easier.

I love California. It definitely represents wild freedom.

When it's a folk festival, there's more of an intention on the song and connecting with people.