There is a deeper portion of our being that we rarely allow others to see. Call it a soul maybe, this is the place that holds the most value. All else can drift but this. When this dies our body has no meaning.

Your story matters, who you are matters, tonight matters, none of it is an accident. You were born for the blue skies.

Music is admitted under the skin without permission.

Experience is all I have. I equate song-writing with archeology. Every day you dig. You dig into different places within yourself - even finding places that you've rarely been. And buried within the soil is song.

It’s a good thing my parents named me Jon because that’s what everyone calls me.

Let no debt remain outstanding, except the continuing debt to love another.

I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed to go to places it wouldn't otherwise go.