On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

I was turning 20 during my first record. Those decade birthdays always kind of cause me, it seems, to reflect, look back, and then look forward. I just was closing this period of my life where I was living in a car and scrambling my whole life to then signing a six-record deal with Atlantic.

I love to be alone with life. I love to study simple things: the light as it filters in a window; the music of a room full of people chatting; a horizon.

I make a living with a song, and I feel honored to do something I love and believe in.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Lots of people have gone from public housing to do great things in the world and have a tremendous sense of duty to their fellow man because of it.

I've always toured solo acoustic.