The music that I made in my band wasn't the expression of everything I was into. Bands are based on compromise..

You have total freedom. It's like, if you do a solo record, there are no restrictions and you can do whatever you want, good or bad. You can have the….

For some people, home is family and their mom's house or their girl or whatever, and I have those experiences as well, but the biggest thing for me i….

No one's busy thinking bad things about you. They're all too busy thinking bad things about themselves..

Between Prince and my dad's fusion-jazz records, I didn't have a choice in being funky..

I always thought 'Stump' was kind of like, you dropped something on your foot. It's not the most exotic rock-star name..

You could be your own spotlight!.

We got nominated for a Grammy, that was really crazy, and I was sitting there and Stevie Wonder was on stage and I remember thinking "Wow, I really n….

When you have a bad day, a really bad day, try to treat the world better than it treated you..

Theres no amount of money that makes you feel better when people think of you as a joke or a hack or a failure or ugly or stupid or morally empty..

My bucket list is pretty much checked off. But oh, we should play in space! Let's do that. We'll play in space, up on a satellite somewhere..

Eh. Hipster's not really a thing anymore. Plus, hipster or out of touch old dude? Same uniform really..

Kid problems are when you're bummed because girls don't like you or something silly, but then you get older and people start dying and going broke an….

I think writing is a much more personal thing..

I was talking to my grandpa last Thanksgiving. He pulled me aside and was like, "This Thanksgiving is the 150th for the Vaughn family in Chicago." I ….

The music business is one of a few places where everything you've heard about it seems entirely cliche, but it's true..

I lost about 60 pounds. I don't really have a moment specifically that made me do it. I remember little things, like, when I was in Japan, I remember….

Be yourself! Love your mom, but if she's trying to get you to be someone you're not, she's in the wrong.

I have always loved David Bowie. When he began to experiment with pop music in the 80's, I really thought there was a really fascinating reverence fo….

I'm very much a night person. Morning is a thing I only experience because I have to..

I'd hate wearing suits every day..