I don't wanna limit myself to anything, but I eat like a vegetarian and I eat mostly raw.
Things aren't always as they appear. I've been believing things to be a certain way because I want them to be that way. I build up illusions in my head.
I think for me to do a traditional sitting meditation I would really have to spend a couple weeks working at it. The only way I know how to efficiently, effectively meditate is by walking in nature.
Everyone wants to know what kind of music their favorite artist listens to. It feels good to. I don't try to dwell on that too much though.
People really respond to the songs when I play them in concert. Every song comes from a different place emotionally or from a different headspace.
When you're young that's when you feel like you can change the world. Then you get older and you buy a house and have kids, and you don't want to be so bold anymore.
I come from a place of sincerity. I write about what I see and feel. I write about what I want, I don't have a political agenda. Politics may enter into a song but it always comes from the heart.
I have ideas for songs all the time, but musical ideas, like melodies, really come out when I'm in nature.
Nature inspires me because it's so peaceful. It makes me have an inward experience. It makes me reflective and nostalgic.
I also love fall, when it starts to rain, or even just before the rain - that is the most inspiring thing.
I'm a very typical yoga-practicing musician; I do it when I can. I'm not hardcore about it. A lot of my lyrics talk about celebrating life and working through pain. I think that's what yoga's about, getting rid of, moving energy and letting it flow through you.
When you get to say something in a song you're not directing it necessarily at one person. When it's in a song it's easier to get it out. I don't really worry so much about it when I'm writing a song.
I sing the best when I'm really in my voice. It's kind of like I'm meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.
Bringing up issues that are hard to deal with is a challenge for me, and I think that's what draws me to song writing.
What I strive to do with songwriting is be really honest, authentic and try to be open and share that with people. I choose that over trying to be clever, poetic, or lyrical.
The people at festivals are much more open to dance and just sing along. They come right up to the stage and they're very thankful. That's one thing I really appreciate about the yoga culture, that the people are very thankful. They come up to you as much as any fan would, but they express sincere gratitude and I appreciate that.
I like fish and a lot of seaweed, but I don't eat bread or dairy or anything like that. It's kind of like in the macrobiotic world. I'm just a healthy eater who loves to juice.
I'm an avid juicer and a healthy eater.
It's cool to be healthy now! It's cool to, like, drink fresh juices and drink Kombucha and all that stuff.
It's usually kids that normally don't have a chance to get to meet each other because they're separated by millions of different things.
I can write songs, but I'm not gonna really feel good about the song unless it feels like me, and I'm not gonna release a song or put it on an album or play it in concert unless it really feels like me.
I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.
I think there's a certain magic that comes from being creative.
Songs don't really feel like me unless I somehow shed a little secret or open myself somehow or be vulnerable. When I'm singing these songs, it feels like me, and that comes with the vulnerabilities and the strengths and the moments of triumph or whatever.
I wanted to be a singer. I wanted to be a musician. I wanted to travel and write songs and be a good songwriter. It came to me slowly after college.
