Is It Possible To Love Someone Too

I No Longer Know The Author Of This Book, For Simply Stopping Long Enough And Writing It Down Was Where I Changed From A Boy With His Eyes Squeezed Shut To A Man With His Eyes Wide Open So That The Sunlight Might Reach My Heart Despite All That Darkness.

I've Gotten To A Place Where I Still Love To Play And Sing, But I Don't Have Any Ego Agenda Left, Outside Of Just Wanting To Stay In A Creative Place And Play Music. I Much Prefer To Sing For Somebody Else, And To Somebody Else.

I Got On The Phone With The President Of My Label And I Said, "obviously, I Write Songs In A Lot Of Styles And Play A Lot Of Different Kinds Of Music. We're Getting Toward The End Of Our Business Collaboration. If You Could Envision A Record That You Wanted To Hear From Me, What Kind Of Record Would It Be?" It Wasn't Like Asking Him To Fill An Order, It Was Really Just A Conversation. For All The Things I'd Ever Asked Him, This Was One Thing I'd Never Asked, And I Don't Know Why. So I Was Curious. And The Thing That He Was Most Interested In Hearing Was A Solo Record.

A Lot Of The Songs I Write Are Like Songs That I've Never Been Able To Find On Any Record, But That I've Always Wanted To Hear. Or Maybe In A Style I Already Loved, But I Was Looking For Something In It That I Wasn't Hearing Yet.

I'm Never Argumentative For The Sake Of Being Argumentative, I Don't Think. And More Than Ever, I've Had To Be Willing To Fight Just To Get Records Released, Or Just To Be Able To Walk Away With A Little Bit Of Self-respect And Pride.