I usually don't write about my life right when it happens. I process it, and I store it away. Then, when I get in the mood I pull the stuff back out.

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

I can speak for most songwriters - those breakup love songs are so easy to write, as far as the inspiration and all that.

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.

It's really about living in your head... just looking out at the world, then going back into your head and tossing around a lot of ideas and coming out with something interesting to say.

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

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