Staying present and staying myself in the midst of others is important.

It's amazing, the look in your eyes, like you could save me, but you won't even try

I feel vulnerable a lot interacting with human beings and being honest with people, and if I read their energy kind of not getting or shutting me down or this feeling of where we're not connecting, that's kind of a vulnerable place for me.

I think I feel vulnerable most of the time. I feel on guard. I've gotten pretty good at putting my fists down and kind of allowing the world to be, so that I don't feel threatened as much.

I have a strong desire to connect. And so when I don't get that, I leave that situation feeling particularly wounded.

It's like a spiritual elevation that occurs when you're playing and becoming one with the instrument or players on the stage.

I just want my kid to not hate and to be a good human. That's what you try to do. You hope that they are the next evolution of your thing.