God forgives somehow we have yet to learn the same.

I don't think you need to dumb down to a child, you merely have to be clear, you know?

You've gotta know happy. You've gotta know sad. 'Cause you're gonna know lonely and you're gonna know sad

I kept thinking, I went to college and I have to get a real job.

I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.

I think that every new record is a chance to... I think what it is for me is my heart and soul at that moment in time... I've always felt that just being able to make a record is a privilege.

I was really young, but I can't say that I wrote much of anything. I liked to scribble; I thought of it as that. But I was playing guitar and ukulele when I was in second grade.