I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I’m 40, I’ll be good at it.
The rules of life are made up. The rules only exist in your mind.
I was looking for inspiration. I found it in California. The weather was always great, and the majority of San Diego seemed to be youth-and if you weren’t 21 and couldn’t get into the clubs, you’d go to a coffeehouse and hang out.
Being out in nature inspires me as a writer.
I recently read that it’s the left brain that does all that calculating, and the right brain that does the poetry. Somehow I’ve veered way towards the left. I’ve been doing it for years. Maybe I do art to balance it out.
If you have nothing but love for your avocados, and you take joy in turning them into guacamole, all you need is someone to share it with.
I think anyone who uses the web is smart and will profit.
I’m trying to be more of a gentleman.
In the words of Michael Jackson: I’m a lover, not a fighter.
Musicians are so well covered in the press, it would be great to see more outspoken practitioners of green life.
My parents were always very supportive and accepting. They even shared my curiosity for life, or perhaps I theirs.
New York City has the most beautiful women.
My days could be described as an ever changing palette of blues, greens, browns, and golds. Mostly because of surfing and garden-gazing. On tour, the colors are desaturated by florescent lights and dull grey carpets.
There’s a certain feeling of giving, a certain feeling of generosity in love songs. When you sing a song of love, you’re actually giving something to yourself, too. You’re singing and casting these affirmations of love out into the universe.
Well, for me, what I’ve learned at the very end of this, love is sharing, and I think that really is, for me, the best place to go to experience love, is sharing.
I’m a lover, not a fighter. No battles for me.
I do feel most at home playing live, but the feeling of getting into the studio to see the new songs take shape was really incredible.
I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
Music was always the distraction, so it was the obvious choice to pursue. My dad always said to find a job I love to do, that way it wouldn’t feel like a job. So I did that.
I love the sound of the wind in the trees and the song of the birds and the shuffle in the leaves of my many woodland friends.