The good part of writing is where it gets out of your control and turns into something else. You look at it and think "Whoa, where did that come from….

To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity..

I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do..

I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that important. If they like the songs to….

As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all d….

When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhi….

I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs..

People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily….

It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something..

You want the audience to be uncomfortable..

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries..

There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God..

It's amazing what some people read into songs..

I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself..

I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible..

If you're up there performing a song for the first time, it's as if you're hearing it through their ears. You become acutely self-conscious of the so….

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality..

I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action..

I don't really know how writing process happens, how these songs are arrived at. One of the things I like about the writing process is, I don't neces….

There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there….

But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of salvation right there..