So What If Right Now

I Draw From My Family And My Friends And I Feel Like That Small-town Person. The Achievements, The Materialistic Possessions Have Really Become To Mean Less. They Mean Nothing.

I Got To Learn To Surf.

A Song That Sounds Simple Is Just Not That Easy To Write. One Of The Objectives Of This Record Was To Try And Write Melodies That Continue To Resonate...everything That Happens To You Influences Your Writing...the Writing Process For Me Is Pretty Much Always The Same-it's A Solitary Experience...i Have Yet To Write That One Song That Defines My Career...beck Said He Didn't Believe In The Theory Of A Song Coming Through You As If You Were An Open Vessel. I Agree With Him To A Certain Extent.

The Cheapest Energy Is The Energy You Don't Use In The First Place.

Doing Yoga On The Road Was Really A Life-saver, And A Life-changer….it Kept Me Focused And Gave Me More Control Over The Way I Divided My Energy. I Realize That If [a Place Of Goodness] Is The Basis For All Decision-making, Then The Road Is Clear.