I was a snot-nosed teenage skater at one point, who listened to only punk records and hung around people that had that idea of what is okay to do and what isn't okay to do.

Im still an idealist. My manager is always trying to talk me out of it, but thats just the way I am.

It's been said to me that I'm self-destructive because I'll walk away from things that are good.

It was very punk rock for me to take a stab at working with Justin Bieber. I don't know how people portray that, or 'Climax,' for that matter. But for me, it was the most adventurous thing I could have done at that exact moment.

I try not to become friends with musicians, but life happens and dinner happens and going out happens - it becomes interwoven in L.A.

The goal is to make something that sounds new and different.

I like to find an artist who inspires me and get into their world and challenge them.