Above all, the listener should be able to understand the poem or the song, not be forced to unravel a complicated, self-indulgent puzzle. Offer your art up to the whole world, not just an elite few.

I'm just like everyone. I like to feel togetherness with someone.

It's easier to write songs when you're single.

So few people are truly themselves when they're in the spotlight.

I am trying to get right with God. I'm sort of making a statement about the excessiveness.

If you come into success too soon, you'll burn out and be finished before you know it. If you let the maturation process happen naturally, you'll be happier with yourself in the end.

Sometimes I dream song ideas. I write a song in my dream, the melody and everything. But then sometimes I can't remember them. I think later on, I probably do.