I'm not much of a jokester..

The fact is that all the recording science and technology in the world is no substitute for a good song or for real feeling. Music is about feeling a….

I look at some of the songs I wrote years ago and I can't believe I wrote such crap..

I prefer true over happy now..

I just love to experience things. I would do almost anything once..

One of the things that fascinates me is the music of speech..

The eternal task of song can never be finished in a single lifetime. That is the beauty and fascination of the art. Once you begin to phrase finely, ….

Always sing below your potential..

We went on tour with Phoenix. I don't really know anything about Phoenix I'd heard a couple songs. And I thought, I don't really know if I want to go….

The songs that I'm able to write are the songs I'm able to write, whatever they may be. The path I've cut for myself is pop music - love-y pop music.….

Going on tour, you don't have a lot of time to mull things over. You're just kind of, "Another beer, another show, another song.".

I do get labeled as a guitar band, but the only reason is that's the instrument I know how to play. The guitar is serving the song I'm writing. But I….

Live close, visit often..

If I feel like I'm going too far in one direction, I just can it. It's a weird thing. Some of my songs might be cheesy; I try and keep it light. It's….

I mean, Lady Gaga is trying to be a freak or whatever but that quality of being very meaningly and heartfelt, but also having a sense of humor about ….

The time came around where the label was like, "Well, if you want something to come out in early 2017, it's going to have to be done by, like, so-and….

Nothing exists but him..

I have a voice that's obviously untrained - and I think untrainable - so I kind of secreted it away for a long time. Actually, I would write songs wi….

I'm scared of karaoke. I think if I did have a go to karaoke song, it would be 'Whatta Man' by Salt-n-Pepa..

I'm so bad at lyrics. I'm always trying to get better. Sometimes, the song can restrict your lyrics - if you're trying to make a poppy song, you don'….

When you are aggrieved you learn..