You know, I didn't have enough money to quit my day job... the myth of the major label deal. Nowadays, you have a tour bus and a stylist and all this stuff. But back then, no way.

Some people say that you should not tempt fate and for them I cannot disagree, but I never learned anything from playing it safe. I say fate should not tempt me.

A dreamer born is a hero bred.

It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.

Every sleepy boy and girl in every bed around the world- Can hear the stars up in the sky whispering a lullaby

It seemed inevitable to try to address my feelings about everything that had happened. To a certain degree, it felt cathartic, but it's less cathartic to me than it is illuminating and helping me navigate my own feelings.

We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.