“I probably wouldn't be a songwriter if I didn't grow up the way I did. It was difficult and it was at times very scary to grow up in a household so unsettled and at times very violent. But, it also, I guess it earned me a sort of wisdom at a young age that's served me well.”
“When suffering knocks at your door and you say there is no seat for him, he tells you not to worry because he has brought his own stool.”