In a constant state of flux.

Yes, I have always wanted to be a musician... I started making up songs on the ukulele when I was four years old, so for as long as I can remember really, I've been drawn to music.

My parents played great music around our home... early Elton John, Simon and Garfunkel, Dylan... James Taylor, Waylon and Willie, Fleetwood Mac. All of this stuff made a big impression on my musical mind. Later I discovered more rock stuff on my own... Black Sabbath, the Stooges, AC/DC, Zeppelin. I am old enough that there were no CDs when I started buying music. It was vinyl... The first record I bought with my own money was Kiss Alive.

The songs of mine that have held up the best are the ones that are very rooted in the truth but at the same time are open... more universal in their construction. There are a couple of songs that come to mind, "Under The Waves" and "Going Whichever Way the Wind Blows"... these are songs that are fixed to their core, but have grown with time... They have the ability to reveal themselves in new ways and that can be very powerful.

I don't know... success is too much of a moving target. I try not to be fixed on any external idea of what it means. The deepest satisfaction I get from music has nothing to do with the outside validation that most would consider the framework of so called success. Like Lao Tzu said, "success is as dangerous as failure."

At it's best it comes from the same place... somewhere above thought. Obviously, it's more collaborative. I really thrive on that. I like to be in union with other creative people. I like to feel like I can take my skills and blend them with the vision of a director and help them get what they are after.

My partner, Elaine Summers and I wrote that song after reading a script a few years ago. At first it was written for the central character, but later I realized it was much more broad than that. It turned out that it was a much more of a personal song than I knew at the time. Again, this is what I love about songs, they change and grow with time and they can mean something different one day to the next.

Currently I'm writing a lot. Some will find it's way onto my next record with the Droge and Summers blend. And some will likely be included in a documentary film that I am scoring called 'A Lot Like You.'

I like working outside... tending to trails in the woods and walking.

The best communication comes from the heart. Broken language attached to a genuine heartfelt truth will trump eloquent bullshit every time.