I'm never sure if I'll ever write another song, what the song will be about and if what initially sparked the beginning of a song might complete it.

I often write either really early in the morning, or really late at night.

I found myself in the middle of a race riot when I was about 14 years old, and I found someone pointing a gun at me and telling me to run or they'd shoot me.

I've seen and met angels wearing the disguise of ordinary people living ordinary lives.

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ.

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.

I see some recurring themes: things that feel threaded together, some symbolic references, and songs about some of the big questions, like death. There are a lot of references to weather, too!