I have solid decent people around me, and I believe that is all it is, because you will get destroyed if you have people bringing you down.

The desire to play has always been in me. I remember my first experience at about four or five of really dying to sing and dying to play that came from no one telling me to do so.

My life is rich because I have those kinds of people in my life.

I'm a very caring person.

My mother was raised very, very strict Catholic in the Midwest. There was so much fear and intimidation [in the faith]. So, growing up, I was always looking for my connection. I've found myself praying before meals, before bed; there's always been this gratitude for things that are bigger than me.

Adam Levine and I remade the Rolling Stones' classic Wild Horses, and it is right up my alley, that whole style. It has a style of its own but still stays very true to the classic arrangement, and I love it.

I've always expressed myself best through writing. I've gotten out all of my deepest feelings that way for as long as I can remember.