I came from Mechanicsville, Virginia, where you have four seasons.
How we treat food is how we treat ourselves. Eating and buying organic means we’re committed to a healthier world overall. It’s good karma.
The studio and road both have their charms. The studio allows me to be a mad scientist and the tour lets me feel like James Bond.
Free downloads is something that I like to do its just not as publicised and it is the future of music.
The internet is awesome and responsible for my success.
Everything in life influences my music.
Creating the record is like digging up the earth, planting your seeds and waiting to see what happens.
I have always wanted to do an acoustic record from the very beginning of my career. I was a coffeeshop artist where everything I did was acoustic.
I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.
As things grew for me I felt like I was losing myself and wanted to stay true to myself as well. I didn’t want to lose any connection I had with the audience. I felt small on a big stage and I felt like I was peaking generically to an audience.
I aim to write songs in a way that you don’t have to have gone to Ghana to relate to it, you really just have to have a heart.
When we all sing in unison – sing in harmony – things come to us on levels that are much deeper than can be seen by the naked eye. Much deeper than even our subconscious. Things are happening.
When I have a breakthrough in music and I hear the melody in my hands: that’s when I get compelled – something in my gut just has to rise up and sing and put something to that.
I really want to be able to keep going and I realize that in some aspects I’ve got to treat myself like an athlete.
If i were to lose my memories, I would rely on music. There is so much of my story embedded in each.
I feel like I write the same album every time but each time I try to convey the message more simply.
Through my years as a writer, I’ve learnt how to simplify the message and pen songs that have a more specific quality – it’s not just about my ego and trying to meet girls.
When you choose to be a loving person, it’s magical how love comes back to you and brightens someone’s day, changing your mood and that of the world.
I get tired of the same albums, the same look and singing the same songs. When I get bored I paint, I plant trees and just do something different. I get far away from singing.
Performing live is like harvesting your crops and sharing your food with people.
Music is my way to shine back and express positive vibrations for a common healing. It’s similar to farming, or surfing, or yoga. Before world peace, we have to have inner peace and music helps us get there.