I would hate to be a new artist or writer in town today. But somehow the cream continues to rise. If there's one who's great, he just jumps out of the pack like you can't believe.
[Of the unorthodox recording method]: It just felt like that's honest. This is life going on. It's the day-to-day pain, just walking the journey.
[When he wasn't planning on doing another album, when in fact songwriting made him heal]: Songs are really cathartic for me, because they force me to put my feelings and thoughts into a capsule and say, 'There it is.'
I can't put it into words, but I've picked up a lot of little orphan boys and girls over the years, I've never had anything happen to my heart like what happened when I held this little girl in my arms for a few minutes.