“I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and...” — Larry Harvey Quote

“I grew up on a farm in Oregon, an adopted child, with one sibling, and parents the age of all my peers' grandparents. We lived in isolation from the people around us, and it was always a struggle to cope with as a child. The heart can really expire under those conditions. I always felt like I was looking at the world from the outside.”

“If all of your self worth and esteem is invested in how much you consume, how many likes you get, or other quantifiable measures, the desire to simply possess things trumps our ability or capability to make moral connections with people around us.”

“The main way that being adopted has shaped my songwriting is that I was asked at an early age to consider the circumstances that led to my life, and in a way, I was introduced to how fragile and unlikely life is from the beginning.”

“My opinion, my conviction, gains immensely in strength and sureness the minute a second mind as adopted it.”

“I have boxes of letters about the generous things people have done for other people. Numerous people have adopted children. I have letters that would bring tears to your eyes.”