I don't really believe in plans. They only change. My goal is simply to be able to make music and live life in this crazy, falling-apart world.

On tour I'm finding out that I am half gypsy, 40% vagabond, and 10 house cat.

I want to build a treehouse village connected by bridges in the woods by my house so my friends have a place to stay.

Inspiration comes from everywhere always. But it's strongest in love and in its absence.

I think every tour stop on the west coast is equally rewarding for me. There is something healing about the air and the light in the west.

Even before I started writing songs, that was one of my goals to be a writer, and I still have that goal. I've just gotten sidetracked.

You have to have a vision and know that it's worth seeing it through. Other than that, just be true to your heart.

I do what works best for me, but it might not work for somebody else.

There's a weird period of learning how to play guitar where your fingers are constantly messed up a handful.

I started writing when I was 17. I got an acoustic guitar for my birthday after I discovered Bob Dylan and James Taylor.

I took piano and drum lessons when I was young, and took a lot of choir classes in high school. Beyond that I just play by ear and learn as I go.

If you play with dirt, no matter if you win or lose, either way you will get dirty.

Boys keep working over your goals these girls ain't going anywhere.

It was as if some great ocean of destruction had rolled its unyielding tide through the city and then, upon its terrible recession, left behind only a shoreline of concrete sand and crushed humanity.

We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained.

Even trees understand me! Good heavens, I lie under them, too, don't I? I'm just like a pile of leaves.

The universe was born restless and has never since been still.

The most underused, under-appreciated group of people in the world is our youth.

Does our culture have a need for violence? I don't know. I guess it's a personal thing.

Life is full of circles

I mean, we're all trying to find out who the hell we are, aren't we?