You tried to hide between the lines of a story never told.

My overnight success was really 15 years in the making. I'd been writing songs since I was 6 and playing in bands and performing since I was 14.

I have many memories of waking up to eat breakfast that my mother carefully prepared for us and her saying, what do y'all want for lunch, and as we're eating lunch, what do y'all want for dinner? It's always about the next meal

When all the stars were falling, they fell from above, and I thought of hate, and I thought of hate, and then I thought of love.

A friend of mine once told me that I can't screw up when I play my own music. I also take voice lessons, play other peoples' songs out of music books, and occasionally figure out how to play other people's music from records. This keeps my ears, fingers, and mind working

I don't use simple words. I make games and puzzles with my songs.

I use my cell phone as much as I can - I talk to friends all the time. I'm like 2,000 hours a month. It's crazy