It's really hard to fit a complex idea into a 3-minute pop song. And when you're dealing with issues that you're passionate about, usually they have various levels. And within a poem, you can get around the issue of space, and in a song the same way, by simply leaving holes and alluding to what you're talking about.

Most of the time a spark of beauty or truth will start a fire of a song but fires rarely produce goodness on their own ... you need to control them and put them to work.

Life is a battlefield. I don't have enough time on the planet to play games.

Our world spins upside down and sometimes we have to lose our grip on the things we value in this life in order to grab on to true life.

I simply want the music to to find its way to open-minded people.

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

Music is a handshake where I, as a songwriter, am only part of the equation. I love that, the fact that you can make the song your own.