I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country. It's to do with the world we live in. That world is a brutal one and full of war. It's also full of many wonderful things and love and hope

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different.

Most of the stuff that I do talk about, about being counted out and being an underdog, 'cause that's what I feel like I am.

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.

Ive always been very visceral in that I feel things very deeply.

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked.

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.