Why be in music, why write songs, if you can't use them to explore life or an idealized vision of life?

As an artist, you put so much into what you do and it can all be torn down in a nanosecond.

I wish I could just relax sometimes and make some money, but I always feel like I have to prove some kind of big, profound point.

I came out of the closet very young, and I had to cut my teeth pretty fast.

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output.

I find so many songwriters today are missing an element ... either the production is amazing but the songs aren't, or it's the other way around.