Creating records and writing music with people I admire and respect is a very spiritual and enlightening thing for me.

hat's just a fact of life. So I've taken music into my life and it's gotten into my blood to the point where even when I am alone, I've got something to hang onto.

I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

You're always kind of shifting and changing and it's a really exciting process.

I find a ton of inspiration from the artists that I'm writing with, that I'm playing shows with, and that I'm sitting down and having coffee with.

On the road, it's constant sensory overload, and it's easy to lose track of days and time and to get caught up in the constant giving of yourself.

Only by showing the world the cataclysmic cost of a world divided can it appreciate the wonders of life and endless possibilities of a world united.

I wish for you the wisdom to realize that you can let go of a past relationship without letting go of the lessons it taught you.

From the Buddhist perspective, the only lasting way to bring about change is for people themselves to change.

Having someone wonder where you are when you don't come home at night is a very old human need.

In life we all should learn to forgive but never forget. Best way to learn from our mistakes.

She was flushed and felt intoxicated with the sound of her own voice and the unaccustomed taste of candor. It muddled her like wine, or like a first breath of freedom.

At times you have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition. What you'll discover will be wonderful. What you'll discover is yourself.

Nothing keeps a company honest and efficient like the threat of other companies coming along and taking its business away.

I read the other day an account of a meeting between John Knox and John Calvin. Imagine a dialogue between a pestilence and a famine!