I wanted to be a blues guitar player. And a singer. And a songwriter. Not a shock jock.

The night I was recognized for 'Daughters' at the Grammys was the night this record started. I knew I had bought the time to learn everything I needed before I started this one. 'Continuum' is not a shot in the dark, it's not a guesstimation.

I knew what I wanted to do when I was 13 and I had to go through four years of high school to get out. That's a blessing, because I never had to lay on my bed staring up at the ceiling going, 'What am I going to do with my life?'

By the time I recognize this moment, this moment will be gone. . . But I will bend the light, pretend that it somehow lingered on

I'll never let your head hit the bed without my hand behind it.

I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.'

Sometimes I wish that I was the weather, you'd bring me up in conversation forever. And when it rained, I'd be the talk of the day.