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There’s that moment when you see an old friend from a distance, and everything in your peripherals melts away. The entire landscape before you transforms into a beautiful field bursting with [...]

I was over at a friend’s house recently to have dinner and catch up because I had just gotten home from tour. I sat down at his table as he was making our dinner in his kitchen. He lived in a [...]

I had been looking forward to my time with Mike for months. He’s the real life sensei: Yoda to Luke, Gandalf to Frodo, Mr. Miyagi to Daniel, Dumbledore to Harry, Mickey to Rocky. He’s facilitated [...]

If I had to imagine what hell would be like, I think it might be similar to driving through Southern New Mexico and Arizona in the heat of August without air conditioning. If you have not [...]

A friend once sat next to me on a park bench and told me the only way he could get out of bed in the morning was by smoking a joint and turning his brain off from the pain. For a while, I got [...]

I remember seeing the woman round the corner slowly and painfully and thinking to myself–thank God that isn’t me. I had cups of water and Gatorade in each hand, lending them to runners as [...]

My whole body was shaking. My fingers were numb, my wet clothes chilling me to the bone. I sat with my legs dangling over the edge of a rock face, staring down about 20 feet to a swirling pool of [...]

If you were to ask any touring musician what the one thing they cannot leave home without, 9 times out of 10 they will say “my phone”. We practically use our phones for everything while on the [...]

His grin widened, and I could see the fire in his eyes. “Let’s go,” he said. We hopped into his car and zipped to the ATM. He threw the money at me and said, “I’m in. Let’s make this happen.” Our [...]

Growing up I had an attitude and a big mouth that got me in trouble. I was never open to critique and my home life was often filled with verbal abuse, which caused major respect and authority [...]