Experiencing deep sadness can, sometimes, heighten your ability to feel joy..

Music has always been a part of me and art in general. I love visual art as well..

Making something and sending it out into the world and then people not only responding to it but adopting it for their own and making a separate thin….

The idea of celebrity has always been very strange to me because it's taking the focus away from the music and attaching it to a person. When we put ….

With film, it's all about the actor being able to feel the things that the character's feeling. It must do some strange things to your mind. Music I ….

I trust the flow of life..

As long as I focus on what I feel and don't worry about where I'm going, it works out. Having no expectations but being open to everything is what ma….

If I'm focusing on playing and enjoying the song, then it always goes well. I get lost in the song, and the performance is so much better. If the foc….

Some writing is a really nice solitary process, in a way, because you can be a little self-conscious around other people. If it's just you, and you'r….

When I moved to New York, I felt very strong emotionally and mentally. Aside from touring, I'd spent a couple of years alone and because of that, I w….

I feel energized walking off stage..

Often times, I'm surprised by what I'm writing or what I'm playing, and then that inspires me to keep going with it, so it ends up being a very adven….

Whatever I hear in my head is what I play..

The songs, if I write alone in a room, end up being a little more quiet, a little more subdued. If I play with other musicians or percussive instrume….

Fair play to all those who dare to dream and don't give up..

I've been really aware of how important it is to me to just stay in the moment and enjoy it while it lasts. Because that's all you've got. If it ends….