A fan once asked if he could have a piece of my hair for voodoo. I said no, so he hugged me and plucked out a couple of hairs and ran off.

You can't control all the crazy stuff that happens to you. All you can control is the way you handle it.

When you're miserable, you don't want anyone around you to be happy.

I wanted to be a veterinarian until I saw a video of a vet performing surgery on a dog. Then I decided I wanted to be a pianist.

I love sushi. But after too much of it, it just starts to taste like a dead animal that hasn't been cooked.

I'm not the fastest writer. I can't just crank out ideas that are good enough.

I feel like for me the lyric writing really comes from just what's going on in my heart and that's what consumes me; think a lot of our heart is relationships. Not just with boyfriend or girlfriend but all your relationships in your life with other people and our interactions with other humans.