Being a songwriter requires versatility while being an artist requires you to create a cohesive body of work. I truly enjoy both.

Taking constructive criticism from others is required to get to the next level.

My strength is in my ability to be versatile.

No matter what you're going through, there is no temporary feeling or circumstance that can take away the core of who you are.

Home is a place from which you can draw strength.

The people who come out on top in music business have persistence. It is key! Fall down seven times; stand up eight. It takes a lot of courage and an unwavering belief in yourself and your abilities.

Everyone faces challenges from the fierce competition as well as the manipulative crooks that are rampant throughout the music business.

I have certainly faced my fair share and will likely come across more. These experiences have been fuel for my music. Facing these challenges has forced me to recognize my own inner strength.

Knowing how to market yourself and your press materials is key.

In Europe, radio stations are owned by a variety of different entities, so there is less uniformity on radio programming and more opportunity for artists to get radio play and break overseas.

Many artists who sign deals in the US and UK get the benefit of worldwide promotion and have a better shot at breaking globally.

Often secret desires as well as abilities surface in our dreams.

Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.

By taking to the road, we free ourselves of baggage, both physical and psychological. We walk back to our original condition, to our best selves.

More modern poetry is written than read.

Mrs. Patrick Cambell is an aged British battleship sinking rapidly and firing every available gun on her rescuers.

Old folks live on memory, young folk live on hope.

New Yorkers, by reputation, are fast-talking, assertive and easily annoyed; I fit right in.

Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

When we waste our time, our time wastes us

We cannot choose freedom established on a hierarchy of degrees of freedom, on a caste system of equality like military rank. We must be free not because we claim freedom, but because we practice it.