After it's finished, sometimes I can trace a path that goes back to the possible source of inspiration.

Consume more than you need This is the dream Make you pauper Or make you queen I won't die lonely I'll have it all prearranged A grave that's deep and wide enough For me and all my mountains o'things

It's time to start all over/make a new beginning.

A lot of kids spent more time out of school than in, but I always loved school and thought it was my way out of Cleveland, and out of poverty.

I don't try to project any image at all, other than the person that I am.

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.

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.