I've always toured solo acoustic.

On my own I generally have very messy hair, wear jeans and sneakers.

Being part of the natural world reminds me that innocence isn't ever lost completely; we just need to maintain our goodness to regain it.

I love playing big rooms. There's nothing like it. It's a power trip.

In the end only kindness matters.

I may not be able to pull on the smallest of holds, but those I can pull on I can pull on all day long.

Live your life with love and bravery and you shall lead a life uncommon.

I consider myself a product of Alaska. The love and the debt that I feel to my home state, you always want your hometown to be the proudest of you.

I'm becoming more and more myself with time. I guess that's what grace is. The refinement of your soul through time.

Reality is what you believe it to be. It's what you put your thought and energy into, because your hands physically manifest thought. So your world becomes what you feel and what you think.

I don't see the world unless I see it in ink.

We never realize just how many other lives we can help when their paths cross our own.

Stand up for the underdog, the 'loser.' Sometimes having the strength to show loving support for unacknowledged others turns the tides of our own lives.

Most of us accept that although we may believe our dreams to be real events, upon waking, we can tell the difference between nocturnal hallucinations and reality.

The highest art of professional management requires the literal ability to 'smell' a 'real fact' from all others.

I never actually learned the rules of grammar, relying instead only on what sounded right.

For precisely when concepts fail one, Words are found at the right time.

Flawed as they may be, science and the secular Enlightenment values expressed in Western democracies are our best hope for survival.

Athletics is a luxury.

The dirty little secret, folks, is Obama is not only for occupying Wall Street. He also wants to occupy Main Street.

I love standing under a steaming shower when I'm tired in the morning. I don't really get a chance for baths.