Playing the guitar, you kind of lock into a rhythm and a groove, and then it relaxes me to make up lyrics and sing.

After my second-to-last record called "The Greatest," I had gone on tour for a while and I didn't play an instrument for about five years. And I got kind of - it's not self-esteem or whatever, not anger towards myself - but disappointed in myself that I hadn't been challenging myself to learn musically.

I got told so many times I needed a manager. For a long time I resisted, and I finally got one so I can pay my mortgage, and it helped me from becoming a homeless person.

If your parents gave you fire to play with when you were two, you'd be standing in fire by the time you were an adult.

People tend to think I'm insane, and I'm really tired of it.

I don't come from money or an educated family background or any sort of supportive family life, so all of my choices are made on my own.

I've never had a clique. It's impossible when you're always traveling.