I write very personal songs. Subject matter is usually derived from some internal struggle that I am having.

I believe that most people aren't that different from one another. Although we might appear to be different on the surface, I think ultimately we all go through the same struggles.

I don't worry so much about whether people are buying my music or getting it for free.

The most important thing is writing songs that resonate and giving people a chance to listen to them.

I just try to stay honest with myself and in doing that I feel like the songs are going to resonate.

When I deal with my struggles in my songs, I feel like most people are going to identify with my struggles because they are essentially dealing with the same things.

In many ways my writing is like therapy. It is my way of dealing with things.

When I think about my career and how it all started, it really started with me getting to a point where I understood how to write songs that resonated with people.

I think people just want to hear good songs and I just want to keep getting better as a writer so that I can deliver good songs.

I believe that people want to hear good songs and they want to be moved.

Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard for people to take you seriously.

Beauty can help fill the cracks in people’s hearts and comfort their souls.

Well begun is half done.

I don't watch the news, I don't care about politics, I don't care about other sports.

You really have to focus on what you're doing and just plow ahead no matter what hurdles are thrown in front of you.

[...]if you talk any more flummery to me, Frederica, I shall give you one of my—er—icy set-downs!”(Alverstoke)

The human mind has an infinite capacity for self-deception.

It would be rather naive to imagine that Oprah doesn't have an Earth Evacuation Plan. You know Richard Branson does - his is in plain sight.

This is an extraordinary illustrated collection of Chinese herbsaccompanied by concise and expert comments. Jing-Nuan Wu has succeeded incompiling this most unique and informative book.

For me, language and how I use it are very important. I held back on doing a poetry book, walking the fine line between trying to be helpful and just putting more junk out there.