I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.

I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.

Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.

I'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.

Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.