I want to write songs with meaning. I have high standards for my work.

I think most artists would agree, it's one thing to be playing in front of a crowd that's loving it, it's another thing to add cameras, but it's a really cool trade off to be on television.

Pain is part of how I get inspiration and part of how I gain wisdom on life. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I don't transform it, I just let it be. I kind of let it move through me, let it consume me and I let it take me over and hurt me, and I let it go away when it's ready to go away and I understand that it's just part of the process.

I love being creative, and for me it doesn't matter what it is - whether it's art or music or just daydreaming.

I think the two biggest issues are world hunger and health, and all the things that stem from bad food.

It's usually kids that normally don't have a chance to get to meet each other because they're separated by millions of different things.

I sing the best when I'm really in my voice. It's kind of like I'm meditating but I sort of imagine my voice as a physical thing. I see colours, I feel it moving out of me and I try to tap into images that I was tapping into when I was writing the song.