I don't want to beat people over the head with my political views. It's more about the humanitarian aspect of it.

It's always been hard for me to do without sounding precious or too corny or whatever.

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

I'm trying to learn how to tap into the power of my own being. I know it sounds corny.

I've had trouble being in relationships and writing. This has been a real problem for me. I don't know if it's because I'm not free to fantasize or create these fantasy things about other people

People seemed to think, you get to a certain age or you get married or you, you're comfortable. And so now there's nothing to write about: that angst is gone. The youthful angst. And that just hasn't happened with me.

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.