I like the idea that we build up these walls or rules or laws to maintain our reality, and when they fall away, you're left with a whole bunch of illusions. Smoke and mirrors.
They are very personal, emotional songs - people react to them very strongly.
I've always been incredibly lucky that the music that I make, other people like it.
People's ignorance really pisses me off. Stupidity is when you can't help it -ignorance is when you choose not to understand something.
If I had to pick one song for me that sort of quintessentially summed me up, it would be 'Angel.' Without fail, I absolutely love singing it.
I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from.
Nothing outside of my child is important.
I go out on the road for much longer than I probably should and lose more of myself than I should.
I try so hard to live in the moment - I don't think ahead very much.
The more we take the less we become, the fortune of one man means less for some.
My music and my lyrics are essentially emotional postcards.
Music is very nebulous, and you can conjure up a lot of moods with music. But lyrics - they're a lot more tangible. They're much more specific. And you want to say something meaningful and creative and artistic and that tells a story and that takes people someplace else.
Water is very forgiving. Everything lifts in water.
We try to create this interesting appearance to make ourselves feel better about ourselves.
I've been a fan of old country music, like Willie Nelson, Patsy Cline. I think I'm drawn to it because of the sense of sadness and sort of loss that a lot of good old country music has.
I'm a bit of a perfectionist, and I want to give 100 percent to everything.
I have the ability, no matter what's going on in my life, to find something - my cup is always half full.
Surfing is my passion because I love being active on the water.
There's beauty everywhere. There are amazing things happening everywhere, you just have to be able to open your eyes and witness it. Some days, that's harder than others.
For me, that's one of the best validations as an artist. To have a stranger come up to you and say that something you've created and put out there in the world has had some sort of impact on other people's lives.
A big part of my love and passion for making music is playing it live.