“It's kind of a reminder, particularly when you look at his young children, how they gravitate to goodness and to light, ... The idea of the song is that no matter how chaotic it is, wildflowers will still spring up in the middle of nowhere.”
“And it's laughter that I hear when I close my eyes And it's one more punchline I forgot to learn I call you up when my bottle's dry I'm on my way to crash and burn.”
“I had good intentions to do both (albums), and I started feeling like 'Wildflower' was that art album. But then I thought that any pop songs I did after that would make it overlooked.”
“Being around children that small, you see how naturally they gravitate to the light. They're not cynical yet. It takes many years to unlearn that kind of innocence.”
