The artists that I love- whether painters or filmmakers- it's because something resonates in me because I've felt it..

I tried to use words that were dealing with the emotional quality that any human being could recognize in the way that they felt about their country.….

Making me into a role model is placing too much importance on what I see as a work in progress..

I'm always trying to swim to new ground..

I'm finding my way, and I make mistakes..

I decide immediately if I like a person and if I do, then I'm myself, and if I don't, then I give nothing..

Never settle for anything less than you want..

I feel like the actual, the most beautiful thing about a song is that it is something that goes out there in the universe and people use it in the wa….

The craft, the writing of a song, is about creating a story, a life story, a world within three minutes, but that's the frame, if you like, the pictu….

You know, two people can say exactly the same words, saying the same story, and it would mean something entirely different..

I enjoy looking like a tart and thinking like a politician..

I think Ive got a pretty good sense of humor..

People want to build musicians into mythical beings..

It's so much in me to want to keep experimenting all the time. It's just inherent..

I like to be around things that I find inspiring..

I just started writing and writing for people. And then, like I guess after (a) year of getting some placements, I kinda got a shot to be an artist. ….

Some things lend themselves well to songs, some things don't, and I'm learning that a lot at the moment. It's still a relatively new way of writing. ….

We just kind of lost our way. But we were looking to be free. One day we'll float. Take life as it comes..

I'm not a writer where I feel particularly blessed by great inspiration every day. I don't. I have to work really hard at it to try and say the thing….

I like things that are beaten up, that have lived a little. I like things that are real. I like things that are made out of wood or string. I never f….

I had a chip on my shoulders 'cause I felt like I was being overlooked..