Since I was a kid, when I pick up my guitar it's been hard for me to write some sort of bubblegum lyrics. It's not really ever been my route..

I never try and force-feed any song idea or lyrical message. It's really what's on my mind and what comes out of me. And a lot of these lyrics are me….

I'm my own worst critic and harshest critic and I just want to put honest music out there..

I like to write pop songs and the stuff I write is fairly poppy, so I thought maybe my lot in life was to write pop songs for people. It never felt r….

I just find that I enjoy the music that feels like there's a journey to the top of this mountain, then you're at the top of the mountain finally with….

Trying to put music out there in the world is a pretty exciting, yet terrifying, thing and I've just been through the ringer..

I haven't touched meat or anything like that in over six years. You know what's pretty trippy, once I stopped, I didn't get sick from that point on. ….

Some people are more affected by, I hate to use the word "success," but I don't know what else to say, but some people are more affected by that than….

I ran away for a couple years just to prove I've hever been free..

I've had the same friends I've always had. I mean, I've lost a few over the years..

In fact, on a side note, after the success of the first record, I got asked to write for some pop artists, as everybody does, and I did a couple song….

You don't put out music unless you have a sense that people will maybe like what you're doing or you're standing for something artistically..

I want to surround myself with the people I care about and that has a lot to do with what love is. It's surrounding yourself with the people you do l….

My point is, I don't see the need to eat animals. I love animals; besides the horrible stuff that's put in meat, I actually love cuddling with animal….

I just find that with music I've always felt a sort of comfort."Paranoid Android" was the saddest song I'd ever heard in my life, but it felt so good….

I find that a lot of times when family members get bronchitis or the flu or something like that, I'll kind of skate through and be really lucky and n….

My first attempt at real music was when I was 13. My first signed band was when I was 21; that failed. I got another deal at 26; that failed, and the….

Growing up from Nirvana to all the bands I was listening to at the teenage time, those were my best friends, more than my real friends. Those were th….

I can always be reminded how small I am when I try to surf a wave that's a little bit out of my league, and I just get pummeled. And, when your life ….

The world's pretty trippy. I just like to travel around and see what's out there..

There's a bunch of songs that I call B-sides on the record that you could argue could maybe have some potential commercial success with another artis….