I really love playing music with other people. It's more fun to be on the road with others. It's kind of lonely out there when you play on your own!

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

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.

So don't be tempted by the shiny apple Don't you eat of a bitter fruit Hunger only for a taste of justice Hunger only for a world of truth 'Cause all that you have is your soul.

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.

We have more media than ever and more technology in our lives. It's supposed to help us communicate, but it has the opposite effect of isolating us.

This youthful heart can love you and give you what you need, but I'm too old to go chasing you around wasting my precious energy.