Such a muddy line between the things you want/And the things you have to do.
Once over there [Balkans], I felt extremely patriotic. Here are these people, from 18-year-olds to military veterans, enduring real duress for the cause of peace. I don't ever want to play for a regular audience again, only military folks who are starving for music.
Now and then it's clear to me, that need is love, and love is need.
I have a golden Lab who goes everywhere with me. He's a great leveler.
L.A. to me feels like music industry, and Nashville to me feels like music community.
One of the great exercises you can do is to stop and acknowledge the colors around you... If you're constantly distracting yourself, then you're never really experiencing anything fully. It can cause you to feel like you have no center, like nothing is grounding you.