I'm of the opinion that writing lyrics shouldn't be easy. It should be labor of love to find the exact words that perfectly express the sentiment being communicated. The quality of a person's lyrics reflects the depth of their knowledge, insight, and experience. Though I view these as my limitations when I write, I can at least take credit for what I regard as my better lyrical moments because there's no denying that those lyrics -- they came from me.   [Read more]

I just randomly remembered a song I wrote back in 7th or 8th grade. It was called "Waterfall" and at the time I was writing it I knew that the waterfall was a metaphor for something, I just wasn't sure what. Lacking a clear answer, I said that it was about a destructive relationship.   [Read more]

I've been sending a lot of emails lately about "The Chandelier" and the fundraiser I'm currently running. It's always a challenge to tell my story in a succinct fashion, but I must do so; no one wants to read a novel about someone they barely know.   [Read more]

The lyrics of a song by Vigri triggered the memory of a dream I had in middle school that still gives me goosebumps to this day.   [Read more]

Refrigerator poetry from various moments in my life, in chronological order:   [Read more]

All the sounds of which I've become acutely aware during the past week of recording at Widow Moses Studios:   [Read more]

Certain things we experience tap into the heart of what life is made of. These things I call Amaya. The ocean's Amaya whispers to me of the great power of the Life Force itself -- its versatility, transformation, death and rebirth.... As for musical Amaya, it taps into the core experience of being alive, submersing me in the tidal waves of emotion...   [Read more]