Don't make much ado about nothing..

You can build up expectations for a song before you record it, and then it's like nothing's good enough in the studio..

Santa Monica was a big song, and I always knew it would be radio friendly. But its not a defining song for me, though for a lot of people it is..

There are certain times in a concert when I'll call an audible because I feel like God is calling me to play a different song. But truthfully, I feel….

I got work to do. I got a lot of work to do within myself..

Lust is about satisfaction. Love is about sacrificing, serving, surrendering, sharing, supporting, and even suffering for others. Most love songs are….

As of right this second my main focus is my new album, it'll be out probably towards the summertime, predominately R&B this time. I had a little stin….

I just got called Nigel..

And the great spirit of darkness spread a shroud over me...everything was silent-everything. But upon the heights soughed the everlasting song, the v….

I write a tiny fraction of what I used to write. My only job used to be to just write songs, and that was a really nice job to have, but only a tiny ….

It's [Joni Mitchell's "A Case of You"] been one of my favorite songs for my entire life..

I'm not beholden to the public, and neither are the public beholden to me or my songs. I'm very much of a populist on those terms, I believe that the….

An unshared happiness is not happiness..

Sometimes I start with lyrics - rarely - but sometimes I might have an idea for some lyrics that I wanna say. I write them down and figure out how to….

Songs come when they wanna come and I'll work at it when I feel like working at it. There are some songwriters that write every day, and I'm definite….

With song titles, I try to keep a healthy sense of humor while saying something at the same time..

You can make something out of nothing..

Start small and with your own money..

You can fool some of the people part of the time in a rock and roll song, fifty million Elvis Presley fans can't be all wrong..

As a kid in Africa, you were so connected to nature itself because you went farming, watched the moon out at night, observed how the sky was differen….

There's a lot of freedom for me living in L.A..