I have a picture of myself in my mind as I walk around every day, until I look in the mirror-and then I'm stunned
San Francisco has a flowers-in-your-hair kind of vibe, while Chicago's got this very funny, big-citysmall-town coolness to it.
I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be okay.
Turns out, not where, but who you're with that really matters.
Because life is short but sweet for certain
The saddest part of the human race is we're obsessed with this idea of 'us and them,' which is really a no-win situation, whether it's racial, cultural, religious or political.
Sitting still as stone watching - watching People walking by you wondering why No one ever stops to talk or thinks about it - if they ever did
An insatiable appetite for glory leads to sacrifice and death, but innate instinct leads to self-preservation and life.
Do not cut lose from your longings - for what are we without our longings?
Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It's like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas have to float out there to a certain point, and then they'll crystallize into a pattern.
The energy and generosity of spirit of the people I meet everywhere I perform is what inspires me to make music and through the music, we share a bond even if we may never have met. As long as there is a single person who may find something they are looking for or a feeling they need in my music, I will continue to write for that person