The World's Become A Little Too Mean.

Gabriel Garcia Marquez Is One Of My All-time Favorite Writers. I Feel Spiritual When Reading His Words, Even Though They're Translated. I Wish Desperately That I Could Read It In Its Original Language. I Already Feel Like I'm Going To Church When I Read Him; Imagine If I Could Read It In The Original.

I Try Not To Think About The Idea Of Reaching More And More People, Because Once You Get In That Mindset, I Think You Lose The Point Of Why You're Doing It In The First Place. Still, The Best Feeling I Ever Get Is When I Finish A Song, And It Exists, And It Didn't Exist Before, And Now It's There, And It Makes Me Feel A Certain Way.

I Understand Why People Get Desensitized And Roll Their Eyes When They Hear A Protest Song, Or Even A Politician Making Some Flowery Speech. It Doesn't Really Change Anything.

I've Been Part Of Running A Label Since I Was A Kid, So I Understand How It Works. But The More And More I Learn About It, The Less And Less Interested I Am In It.

People Resist Change; If They Like Something, Then They Want You To Keep Doing It Over And Over - But I Think If You Like What A Particular Band Or Artist Does, Then You Should Want To See What They're Going To Do Next.