Nobody makes good choices when they aren’t aware they’re making a choice.

words contain worlds of words and meanings that are, more often than not, locked beneath the surface. Poetry is what happens when words are opened up, and those worlds within are made visible, and the music behind the words is heard.

Almost anything can be a song if it’s a song to you. And almost anything can be a record, but that’s a different topic.

If you’re doubting my assertion that it’s more important to write with an authentic voice than it is to write with an interesting topic in mind, I’d challenge you to write something that means nothing to you at all.

I’m convinced the dreams we have for ourselves go unattained from a lack of permission more than any deficit in talent or desire.

already I’m loving the way some of the scenes are being drawn—the phrase “sunlight writes” makes me think of a hidden world, full of mystery and clues, and alludes to an idea that the natural world might have intentions, might be trying to tell us something

doesn’t take much: If you keep it up for any length of time, you are going to accumulate a lot of material for songs,

the good news is that you really can develop skills, habits, and activities that will calm your mind and let things pour out of you more easily.

with songwriting, that being in the “process” has to at least be a goal if not the only goal. For me personally, the writing itself has definitely become the primary goal. Being fully engaged with a song I’m working on is what I look forward to the most in my life.