The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.

The main thing that you have to remember on this journey is, just be nice to everyone and always smile.

If I can put on my album in a car or on my headphones and listen to the whole thing and love it, that's what I'm going to be happy putting out there.

As far as songwriting, my inspirations came from love, life and death, and viewing other people's situations.

Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.

Try to find someone with a sense of humor. That's an important thing to have because when you get into an argument, one of the best ways to diffuse it is to be funny. You don't want to hide away from a point, because some points are serious, but you'd rather have a discussion that was a discussion, rather than an argument.