And all of these writers offer me a greater understanding of what it is to be alive, and that is such an incredible thing art can do for other people. It made me want to try and get close to this strange, mysterious thing that people can do with words.

What we are fed through the media I do not accept, unless you see it with your own eyes you cant trust anything.

Fly with me, touch the face of the true God. And then cry with joy at the depth of my love.

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 didn't even know the industry of songwriting existed. I thought everybody sang songs and they were only singing the songs that they wrote. So after I found out about songwriting in college, I was like, "Okay, I want to do that."

There's so much you can do with laying words on a bed of music. You can completely change their meaning with the type of music or the way they're sung.