There is order in the universe, even though it looks like chaos. We separate the world into categories: this is good and this is bad. But life is set up to trick us. It's a series of illusions we invest in. And ultimately those investments don't serve our understanding, because physicality is always going to let you down, because physicality doesn't last.

Part of the reason I sort of shot out like a cannon out of Michigan and left home at such an early age is because I had to feel independent.

Whenever I do my live shows, I feel artistically inspired and excited because I get to do and say a lot of things that I can't if I just make a record. A lot of times it's the only way people are going to hear my music because you don't get to have your music played on Top 40 if you're above the age of 35.

Hand fits giving, so do it, that's what the Gospel said to me. Life fits living, so let your judgments go.

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.

Hurt that's not supposed to show, and tears that fall when no one knows.

My daughter's birth was like a rebirth for me.