“I like to still have thought and be aware of people and whatever that’s happening, but I also like to just focus on the words that I’m saying.”

What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.

Follow your heart and you won’t get lost.

I think everybody, no matter what they eat, they should eat at least fifty percent raw food. But I eat some seafood.

I always saw myself as an old man living in the mountains playing a guitar, but I didn’t really turn that into a desire to be a professional musician or a singer or a rock star or anything like that.

I can write songs, but I’m not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I’m not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.

I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.

Pain is a part of life. It’s certainly part of my creative process.

I’m a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I’m not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that’s what yoga’s about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you.

The people at festivals are much more open to dance and just sing along. They come right up to the stage and they’re very thankful.

It’s usually kids that normally don’t have a chance to get to meet each other because they’re separated by millions of different things.

Nothing has happened too fast, nothing has happened too slow. It has been a mellow rise, and I’m thankful for that. I haven’t lost my head, and I haven’t lost my desire to keep growing.

I used to want to be fully observational, but I’m just not that kind of writer. My process always changes depending on how, when, and where inspiration stiles me.

I think most artists would agree, it’s one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that’s loving it, it’s another thing to add cameras, but it’s a really cool trade off to be on television.

To see the preciousness of all things, we must bring our full attention to life.

Full wise is he that can himself know.

I think artists are aware that talking gives a songwriter so much material. If they just tell us what’s happening, it’s so much easier for us to write a song that’s specific to them.

Be aware of the judgments that you and others conjure. The words reflect the inner world; the doctrines that you sponsor.

I’ve been made painfully aware of the difference in the day-to-day reality I’ve grown up and continue to live in.

But the real hope comes from the people. And it all starts with awareness.

I had become aware, as early as my college days, that no opinion, however absurd and incredible can be imagined, that has not been held by one of the philosophers.

When you happy, you get locked in sleep. You get sleepy happy. I always wanna be on point. I always wanna be aware.