I had always held everything in before.

Free, only want to be free, we huddle close, hang on to a dream.

Chelsea Morning is a great Joni Mitchell song and I guess I'm partial to her lyrics because they show me a slightly different perspective on life.

I was always interested in science, and pre-med was arespectable thing to do while I ursued my songwriting.

I Am... I Said is a very complicated song and its complicated probably because my feelings were very complicated when I wrote it.

My voice is unadorned. I don't try for perfection. I try to be honest and truthful and soulful with the voice I have. If I make mistakes in notes, or there are cracks in notes, I don't fix them. That's the way it is.

The lyrics aren't simple, either. They're extremely difficult because I'm trying to say complicated things in as few words as possible.