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" The criticism people could have of my music maybe is that it's somewhat schizophrenic at times. And if you don't like that, it could bother you. "

" I didn't know music would end up being my job, but I loved it so much I wanted to do it every day. "

" I've had moments in my career when I've made more money and had more success than at other times, but I've realized being happy has very little to do with any of that. "

" When I started forming my own taste, there was a period in high school when I listened to only rap and hip-hop, like A Tribe Called Quest. "

" I've always been a writer. I've always done writing or spoken-word, hip-hop stuff with my friends. "

" I don't know how much I'm connected to the hip-hop scene, but I definitely lend from that urgency. "

" There's this song called 'Brad Chester,' which is like the depths of my family. It comes from a very personal place. "

" 'City Of Black And White' was me trying to do something more mature, more adult contemporary. "

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" I don't spend afternoons practicing my guitar to get better. I do read, though, to get inspiration for my lyrics. "

" With 'City of Black & White,' I wanted a record that would make you feel good, that would sort of take you up in its hand and sweep you along. "

" When 'Young Love' came out, I was really excited, and it has been really special. "

" I don't think, to be a traveler, you have to reject setting roots up. "

" I'm painfully a realist but ruthlessly an optimist. I think maybe it's because of my faith - I've always got the hope that there is something out there to make it all worthwhile. "

" I love to play the songs that got me to where I am. I like to take a little bit from all of my records and mix it up. "

" I would sit in my dorm room and write songs. I loved it. I was learning to sing and play guitar. I was becoming a musician. I was the beginner who somehow could write a song. "

" I started as a writer. I didn't play music until late in life. "

" I'm really influenced by '90s hip hop. A Tribe Called Quest and De La Soul were my heroes growing up. "

" From my experience, I've been honest about who I am and what I believe and the motivation behind my music. But I've played it in arenas that are for all people. I've pretty much stuck to that model my whole career. "

" Paul Simon is the king! "

" I played soccer. I was really known as an athlete. It was a shock to people that I was doing music. They thought it was really odd. "

" The first record blew up and sold really well. 'City of Black & White' didn't sell as well, and that's when you wonder, 'Did I peak already?' "

" I'm a '90s music kid. "

" Ultimately, when you write from a vantage point of faith, humility, and openness to the world around you, people have to respond because those same truths are instilled in them. "

" When I barely got into college, the one thing I could do was write, so I became an English major. "

" There are a lot of great recording artists, like Jack White and Jack Johnson, who stay confined inside a very small box, but I'm more like Bon Iver, who recorded an album with programmed drums, and the next record was totally organic. I get that. "

" My goal is to try to avoid a genre. "

" When we tour, there's always this unique quality to every town you visit... Touring, you get a sense of a collective identity for different cities. That's one of the things I love about my job. "

" I love Michigan. "

" The first year I moved to Nashville, I started playing these songwriter nights with people like Nickel Creek, Duncan Sheik, and even Ryan Adams... That was the first place I really started playing music, and I had to really step up my game. Really quick. Or get kicked off the stage. "

" The first album was literally the first 12 songs I've ever written. "