My older sister encouraged me from early on and bought me one of the first guitars I had. She listened to all of the crappy songs that I wrote when I was 8 years old and encouraged me to keep doing it.

Have faith in humankind a respect for what is earthly and an unfaltering belief in peace and understanding

Love's a recurring theme through my work.

I never assumed I would have that commercial success, so it was a total surprise. And honestly, I never assumed that it would ever happen again.

At this point in my life Id like to live as if only love mattered.

I think many people would say that writers like Stephen King have hypergraphia.

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.