It's just all love. That's what music is. That's why music is created. To make people feel good, to uplift people. That's what musicians are for: to give everyone an escape, to let everyone feel good and take people out of everyday problems, so that they can hear music and sing words that are hopefully relatable.

I think I don't take myself too seriously. You know as far as, it's a fun life. I take my music serious, but I like to have fun.

Be in control. Know who you are. And don't try to be different just to be different.

Jimi Hendrix is the greatest guitar player in the world... a guy who mastered that instrument. It was talking when he played. And when he did a solo, he made the guitar cry - or made it sound like it was coming from the devil's amplifier.

Every artist should want to be like Michael Jackson

I love the Sex Pistols. I'm a big Beach Boys fan and a huge Zeppelin and Queen fan.

I feel, as a songwriter, it's one of the hardest things to do - to sit down and say how you feel.