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.

I end up writing about all kinds of things. I never make an attempt to write about anything in particular. I don't have a little list of topics to write about.

I learn all these things about the record talking about it after it's finished.

I'm not sure if the next song I write is going to be about love or a song about a tree.

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them.

With other people, you're always swapping music. Somebody is always listening to something you've never heard. It's a great way to hear all sorts of new things.

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.