Sometimes something will come along, and it feels easy and sometimes you'll get 85 percent there on a song and the last 15 percent will elude you for three years.

It was a hard time for me to have a pure moment, to be present, to be here.

You make kingdoms and castles on your own.

Music is the only thing in this world, with the exception of sneezing and looking at the sunset, that takes you to a place that's above the mundane. Everything else is just bullshit.

You probably became a musicians because you're into it so stay that way. Don't believe that someone else has the golden ticket for you because they don't.

I have this really beautiful Martin guitar, and it just kind of writes songs for me.

Life is cruel and unfair, my friends, and that is fact.