I used to love reading when I was little, and then it became difficult and I didn't understand why. I thought, what a bummer, my passion all drained out of me. So when I found out I had dyslexia, it was like, oh, that's what it was.

Sharing lets us feel less isolated and puts us on a path of being connected. At the end of the day, that's what we all want.

My life has been full of struggles - coming from a troubled home, moving out when I was fifteen, ending up homeless by eighteen. The one thing I always knew was being jaded and bitter was equal to letting life win.

Excuse me, guess I've mistaken you for somebody else, somebody who gave a damn, somebody more like myself.

Hard times make you bitter or make you more compassionate.

I didn't mean to be a songwriter; I just was writing for fun, you have all day to do it. I was homeless so that's all I had to do.

Self worth sets the standard that life meets.