My goal is to show everyone that they, too, can do what they love to do..

I had never made a record before, so I didn't know anything about it. I don't know anything about knobs, frequencies, tones..

Everything in life influences my music..

One thing I'm most passionate about is that I'm geared up and ready for another cycle of touring, to go out in the world and be whoever I need to be ….

I love getting a smile out of my girlfriend - that makes me feel like I'm seen, or heard..

I have always wanted to do an acoustic record from the very beginning of my career. I was a coffeeshop artist where everything I did was acoustic..

What I'd love to do is work with kids in the U.S. to raise their awareness and encourage them to be global citizens. We're all connected these days; ….

What I enjoy the most about all this is the traveling. I love that my job allows me to travel all over the world..

I thought I was the center of the world and that my parents had nothing to do with me, and I regret that. I wish I had been a little kinder to my fam….

You don't have to live near the ocean for it to have an impact on you. And you don't have to live near the ocean for you to have an impact on it..

I enjoy going on stage knowing that there's going to be that vulnerability and that transparency and hopefully things will be realized or accomplishe….

Music is a weapon in the war against unhappiness..

I'm totally into new age and self-help books. I used to work in a bookstore and that's the section they gave me, and I got way into it. I just loved ….

I'm always thinking about the next record. I've got like 20 different themes and then I'll scratch the themes. It's a learning process..

A lot of those ideal towns are all starting to look the same, the specifics are starting to disappear. So we need to retain a love for life, a love f….

When I play with the full band, you get to be larger than life, you feel larger than life, and that particular moment in the song where there's passi….

I write my miserable songs. I write songs about disgust and self-pity. We’re all going to have bummer moments. That’s not the stuff I choose to share..

It's our God forsaken right to be loved, loved, loved..

You win some, you learn some..

When you choose to be a loving person, it's magical how love comes back to you and brightens someone's day, changing your mood and that of the world..

When all of us are acknowledged as the human equals that we really are, there will be no space left for bullying. It will no longer be wrong to choos….