You can't second-guess your audience. You can only do what you think is right. If you do that, your audience will appreciate you.

Denice Franke is a sensitive and compelling singer and songwriter.

I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.

It's important to be successful enough to be able to keep doing what you love.

I've always thought that writing isn't really that hard. It's having a good idea that's hard.

I'm a very lucky man. I get to do the thing I want most in life, write songs and sing them for people, and ride bikes. I love my family. I love my home. I get to work with people I've admired my whole life. It's a pretty good life.

I'm really just trying to do things that I enjoy. I'm trying to play music that I like to play and like to listen to. I just have to think if I like those different kinds of music, there are other people who aren't so different from me.