I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

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

It's just the more you do it the better you get, or at least that's how I feel in my case. I think it's a combination of confidence and just having done it this long and just learning. I'm always learning. I'm still honing my craft.

People let their own hang-ups become the obstacles between them and personal happiness.

I grew up around poets and novelists and my dad wrote poems about everything - from a cat sleeping in a window to a car wreck he passed on the highway. I learned not to censor myself: that was one of things I learned in my apprenticeship, my creative-writing apprenticeship with my dad.

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

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