I firmly disbelieve that one has to be a tortured soul to write good music.

In college, I thought I wanted to be solely an artist, and then when I got here, to college, I was like, "Okay, well I want to be a songwriter," 'cause it was like close to Nashville.

The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it.

You go back and look at some of the ancient writings that exist throughout the world about wars and it's the same; the human beings' articulation of events is the same. That really fascinated me.

Well, I don't really concern myself too much with what other people make of my work.

I think that most art is asking a question or is looking for something, looking for answers and that is what life seems to be about for most people.

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the way that they need it in their lives.