Make your life a story worth telling.
I think topical songwriting is a real gift, and it's hard not to be pedantic and show up with the sledgehammer message.
It's a marvelous feeling when someone says I want to do this song of yours because they've connected to it. That's what I'm after.
Life is never a straight line - it's peaks and valleys. Why would you want to be the same person every day of your life?
We all have two lives. The one we are given and the one we create.
Carry with you maps and string, flashlights, friends who make you sing, and stars to help you find your place, music, hope, and amazing grace.
I've never. . . when I was having songs on the airwaves, and that sort of thing, I never felt a sense of pressure anywhere except from myself, to do things the way I wanted to do them; to feel authentic; to feel like I was presenting my true self to the world.
I don't really go to YouTube or, especially, participate in Facebook. I just really don't want to know that many people!
As we blossom or awaken, we begin to notice there is a force in the world that seems to be operating and leading us into a certain destiny. And it's very much a kind of detective effort on our own part to figure out what these things mean. The synchronicity is essentially a meaningful coincidence that brings us information at just the right time. While leading us forward, it also feels very inspiring and destined in a way. It feels like we're on a path of unfolding in our own personal evolution.
The human desire for food and sex is relatively equal. If there are armed rapes, why should there not be armed hot dog thefts?
Everytime, he breaks your heart. And everytime, he expects me to pick up the pieces.