The point is, I can’t tell you how to succeed. But I can tell you how not to: Give in to the shame of being rejected and put your manuscript—or paint….

As a white male in America, I have privilege. As a white male who happens to be an artist with a fan base, I have a platform to spread awareness abou….

As a songwriter I hate this whole, 'If it's a sad song, it has to sound like a sad song thing.' And that goes all the way back to my days with the Fo….

Life's all about 'me' anyway.

Here's a little song I wrote. You might want to sing it note for note. Don't worry, be happy..

It's not that I don't love the song. My songs are like my children: some you want around and some you want to send off to college as soon as possible..

Every song I ever wrote, I wrote to be heard. So, if I was given a choice that 50 years from now I could either have a dollar or knowing that some ki….

The sap of Spring in the young wood a-stir Will celebrate with green the Mother, And every song-bird shout awhile for her; But we are gifted, even in….

Honestly I don't like to write songs that often, only when I feel like I need to and when I've got something that I really want to sing about..

I follow the rules until I go against them all..

It's good for you to go somewhere that you wouldn't normally go..

You are someone and you have a right to your life..

Songs are more powerful than books..

But when you hear the complete album, it gets dark, really straight-up rock, with some really intimate moments with just me and the piano. It's not c….

Let there be songs to fill the air..

Ain't nobody messin' with you but you.

An important meeting point for me was realizing the similarity between a DJ set and a Grateful Dead set: I grew up listening to how the Dead would ta….

I find it much easier to write comic-books than lyrics actually because it's a natural dialogue. Writing song lyrics is not natural but over the year….

I love our country. My dad served in the army. I always grew up with a song sense of belonging as an American. But I was also in the counterculture a….

Music is just a really fun hobby that I do, because I'm actually really good about writing songs and producing. People don't realize this, but I am a….

History is at once freedom and necessity..