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

I usually have an idea of how I want a song to sound, but I don't always know how to get there

I started writing more with my voice in mind.

Just because I'm talking about something that might have been a sad or painful situation doesn't mean that I'm sad or tortured 24 hours a day any more than anybody else is.

I'm dealing with things as they come along, and I'm talking about it

What seems conceit, bad manners or cynicism is always a sign of things no ear have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.

I'm an artist first and foremost. So things are gonna go up and down and sideways and whichever way all through life.