Love Is Strange, Sometimes It Makes You

I'd Been Sick On Tour For About Two Years With This Medical Anomaly That Doctors Couldn't Figure Out. That's A Big Part Of My Life: I Just Feel Really Sick A Lot Of The Time And Can't Figure Out Why. I'd Gotten These Shots In Russia, Where We'd Just Been. It Was Just Heavy. It's Just Heavy Performing For People Who Really Care About You, And You Don't Really Care That Much About Yourself Sometimes.

I Entered A Songwriting Competition, I Didn't Win, And One Of The Judges On The Panel Was An A&r Man At A Record Label That Had No Other Acts And I Signed To Them. We Sent My Demo Out To Five People And David Kahne Got Back To Me That Day, And Said I Think You're Amazing I Want To Start With You Tomorrow. He Was Like My Harvard Reach School, I Couldn't Believe It. I Was Really Excited. It Was The First Time Anyone Of Any Importance Said I Was Good And I Ran With That Validation For A Long Time.

The Angels Decided To Shine On Me For A Little While.

When I Was Very Young I Was Sort Of Floored By The Fact That My Mother And My Father And Everyone I Knew Was Going To Die One Day, And Myself Too. I Had A Sort Of A Philosophical Crisis. I Couldn't Believe That We Were Mortal.

Feeling Like You're Respected Among The People Who Do The Same Thing You Do Is Incredible And Necessary.