There's a power in words. There's a power in being able to explain and describe and articulate what you know and feel and believe about the world, and about yourself.

We are the spirit, the collective conscience. We create the pain, and suffering, and beauty in this world.

You have to pay attention to the moment and make it the best it can be for you. I've been trying to do that. It's really made a major difference for me. I'm a happier person.

I meet people in my daily life, people who seem to experience some change and some growth on a personal level, and that gives me hope.

My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

Everyone is looking for connections between the songs. I don't usually approach a record as a concept. There's no overriding theme I'm trying to represent. It's all about the individual songs.