I think I just speak on what the regular people are going through outside of love 'cause, of course, there's always gonna be a love song, but there's so many other parts of life... being lost, feeling your way around, what you gonna do next.

I knew what I didn't want to do- that's always my starting point. The starting point is always that I don't want to repeat myself. Or I try my best not to, with varying degrees of success.

I'm probably much more influenced by film-makers and painters than I am by other songwriters or poets.

I think a lot of people have an idealistic view - if you grow up in the country, there can't possibly be anything wrong with you.

To think of myself as a role model is extremely flattering, but I could never accept that, because Im just learning like everybody else.

[Writing] has helped me meet people.

I see men come and go, but there'll be one who'll collect my soul.