My Parents Dreaded The Fact That I

"be Nice To Your Parents." When They Made The Decision To Have A Child, Whether It Was Planned Or Not, They Were Changing Their Entire Lives To Do The Best They Could For This New Human Being. A Lot Of Young People, We Don't Understand That.

Open Up Your Heart And The Sky Is Yours.

I Basically Had The Idea When I Was 18 That I Wanted To Write My Own Songs. I Knew It Was Going To Be A Long, Tough Road, And I Was Like, If I Just Begin Now, By The Time I'm 40, I'll Be Good At It.

Surrender To Life Itself And You'll Just Be Rewarded With So Many Things. And I've Been Rewarded So Many Times, In So Many Mysterious Ways. So I Have No Reason To Be Disappointed With Anything.

I Didn't Want To Be A Headshot And Get A Chance To Go Compete To Sing-that's Not Me.