I started writing songs so late and I had so many day jobs - jobs just to pay the bills. So, when I started doing this, I said, "I'm never gonna do anything to corrupt this. Never try to "sell it." Never gonna do anything to make this a job." I can go five months without writing a song. Then something will happen and I'll write six songs in a week.

We are meant to go through this life with a partner, someone who picks us up when we're down.

I usually can be more honest writing songs than actually talking to people.

Love is everything. Without it, I have no use for this world.

Try to keep ourselves open, no matter how closed the world tries to make us sometimes.

This life can be incredibly difficult, especially if we're alone.

I want my songs to be heard by everyone. I want [everyone] to treat people with compassion. I want them to realize that we are all so similar, but we focus so much on our differences.