I do like the idea of pulling in different producers to get new perspectives. That's what I did with Vows and I feel it just gives variety and makes for a more exciting journey for the listener.

That's the beauty of song writing. You never know when inspiration will come or how it will hit, you just gotta kinda grasp a hold of it and make sense of it somehow.

Im so fascinated by the human longing for meaning. The way we relate romantically to each other is so much to do with our longing for meaning as well.

When you work on an album for three and a half years, you're kind of ready for it to get out there. To have your songs reach people.

My process is to be by myself when I record. It's quite an emotional performance to pull off when someone else is in the room. I prefer to go away and have my own time with it, bring it in later.

I want to be the kind of artist who keeps pushing on every album. I don't want to settle on a sound.

America is definitely something I'm pretty excited about.

Just try to keep the heart turned outward, as well as having moments inward.

There's a vulnerability in music but you've also got to protect your sacred place and have a place you can still retire to that no one else knows about. So that's a thing I just try to balance.

The fun of being in the pop world is you can really play with people's perceptions of what the word pop means.

. The key to all of that is keeping hold of humility and keeping hold of the people around you, and making sure you stay grounded with your family and friends.

Bury your enemies with success.

Before I was a genius I was a drudge.

By looking at climate change as a clean energy generation problem, we're setting ourselves up not to solve it.

If we lose our heritage of health and vigor, all the beauty that has been achieved will be for naught!

I love going up the West Coast of the U. S. because it's one of my favorite parts of the world to tour.

Some people are like psychic sponges, they drain power form others constantly. They lower your awareness because they are at a lower level. If you spend too much time with them, you get pulled down.

The Bottom Line: If people don't LOVE our work, we will not be able to sell what we make.

Tell her we don’t bite.” “I don’t lie to my friends.

Country music isn't a guitar, it isn't a banjo, it isn't a melody, it isn't a lyric. It's a feeling.

Sit down to write what you have thought, and not to think what you shall write.