I think that there are quite a few acts which have stayed with the basic feelings and that's good. And I see something of a swing back to that. For example there are quite a few people copying my early stuff now. Like it's become a reference point or something.

When I think of that dear rugged cross where the dear Saviour gave his all... When I feel like I'm on my last go round, see me through.

I write songs. Then I record them. And later, maybe I perform them on stage. That's what I do. That's my job. Simple.

My experiences with dope were not good for me. I had to go another route. Because in my experience, dope didn't give me those insights.

There's a realization that you have to do something but you just can't do it all the time.

The trip had become boring. It wasn't exciting anymore to totally be a singer/songwriter because it wasn't working for me.

I realized that what I was looking for was doing collaborations with other people - people who can play a ballad, rock, jazz. I was looking for more co-op type things than what I had been doing, which had been completely my own trip.