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

When I was a kid I just had headphones on all the time, and it changed the way I see things and the way I interpret things.

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.

Music for me is this thing that's sort of saved my life over the course of my whole life, whether it be writing songs or listening to other people's stuff.

The only way I get back to my center is either by talking to my wife or by spending time by myself.

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.

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