Love's a recurring theme through my work.

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

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.

My old man's got a problem, he lives with the bottle.

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

The songs are not necessarily autobiographical. A lot of songs are a combination of influences. It might be some part of my life, or something I've felt, or something somebody's told me. It all comes together.

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.