The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint. I was obsessed with the Beatles as a kid.

Art is borne out of necessity. Music is a tool and men are doers. When a relationship is working, you don't need to write a song-you need to get toilet paper.

The way I approach things is from an experimental folk music standpoint.

I'm the anti indie-rocker. My stuff isn't ironic.

I live in a neighborhood that's really filled with sound - there's a lot of Jamaican auto body shops, and the guys next door play hip hop.

In many ways I'm an experimental and new music composer that comes from a rural tradition rather than an urban one.

If a boy doesn't respect his mother...run!

If we an become still and open-minded, we might all feel the unseen comforting hand on our shoulder letting us know we are not alone.

All the trials we endure cannot be compared to these interior battles.

You can never have for yourself someone who isn't on good terms with himself.

Distinguishing the signal from the noise requires both scientific knowledge and self-knowledge.

You want to believe in leaders, really believe in leaders. You want what they are saying to be truthful, and you want to trust them.

I don't go around fire expectin' not to sweat

I stop and look at traffic accidents. I won't hang around, but when I hear something is terrible, as bad as it is, I've gotta look at it.

I see and praise what is better, but follow what is worse.

You should never, never doubt something that no one is sure of.