I am most alive when I let myself be touched by the fingers of life.

I've had mentors who were kind of the troubadour singer-songwriters, like Merle Haggard, Loretta Lynn, Joni Mitchell, Bob Dylan and Neil Young, and that's just what I've always liked - people who would talk real honestly about their lives and their circumstance.

Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings.

We must demand more not from each other, but more from ourselves

I've always had a love for poetry and when I got signed to a record label I thought, 'How odd that I'm doing a record before a book of poetry.'

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. There's no wrong you can't make right again, so be kinder to yourself, you know, have fun, take chances. There's no bounds.