I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

Of course, Im older now. Im in a different place in my life than when I wrote the songs for Car Wheels or Essence or whatever. Different things were going on.

I have to try different things to see what works best. Other people get impatient with that.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

I started writing little short stories and poems as soon as I learned to read and write. I think I was six years old. And then when I got to be eleven, twelve, and into my teens, I was just listening to records all the time, and I got a guitar. I started to take guitar lessons when I was twelve.

As it turns out, now is the moment you've been waiting for

I would worry if I wasn't coming up with ideas, if I wasn't inspired.