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.

If you love somebody; You better let it out; Don't hold it back; While you're trying to figure it out; Cause the only real pain a heart can ever know; Is the sorrow of regret; When you don't let your feelings show. So, did you say it, Did you mean it?

I've always been a workhorse.

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 like pressure. If I am not on the edge of failure, I'm not being sufficiently challenged.

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

We've made houses for hatred. It's time we made a place where people's souls may be seen and made safe.