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I loved my mom so much because she had to work on a penny just to put food on the table... During the Depression in the United States, everybody had a tough time. And I was so hurt because she was crying that she didn't have any food for us for Thanksgiving. ”
It's kind of nice, and rewarding, to have been on the journey from having to play football and work to being a professional. ”
I try to play real people who inspire me through something in their journey. ”
If you break your knee, you have therapy on your knee, and it's the same for your heart. ”
I had a 23 per cent blockage in my micro-arteries. At first the doctors thought I needed a heart transplant, then they said I have microvascular angina, which means I will be on medication for the rest of my life. ”
I can live a totally normal life and do everything I want to do just as long as I take my medication. My body will give me signals if it gets weak or fatigued, so I know when I need to take a break. ”
The knowledge and insights you can get in just one day at a writers' conference make it worth the trip. ”
Sometimes my life opened its eyes in the dark. A feeling as if crowds drew through the streets in blindness and anxiety on the way towards a miracle, while I invisibly remain standing. ”
I tried to take my gran to the Brits, but she's 81, and I don't know if she was up for making the whole journey all that way for one night anyway. ”
I feel like songwriting, for me, is kind of therapy. ”