People fall into patterns at fast speeds, when really, to have a clear musical thought - the kind of musical thought that makes a melody work - our brains just can't think that fast. At a certain point, you're going on automatic.

I write lyrics. I play the guitar. If the rest of the band had to do my schedule, they would be dead

I would say a lot of the emotion in what I do is a sort of a thankfulness for those energies being around, because there's been points in my life when they weren't around, and it's a real sort of miserable existence.

I write songs because I have to write them, and if I didn't I'd be doing some other kind of music that didn't require a song.

You just never know when somebodys gonna die. It could happen at any moment so youve got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them.

You are free. Close your eyes. Open your mind. Let this music in, and you will see that this is true

It's my dream to make music that can make people feel like they're flying