The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don’t want it.

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

I write first for myself as a therapeutic process, to get stuff out and to deal with it.

You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write.

I'm not just a doormat. I'm not just being stepped on all over the place. If you look at the bulk of my material, it's about trying to find some strength through that.

There's always stuff to write about. So it's very gratifying on a lot of levels. This is stuff I got asked over and over again, or heard about. People would ask me about it, but they kind of knew the answer. It would be this ongoing question: "Your fans are wondering, now that you're married, are you still going to be able to write songs?" I'm serious! I would get asked that!