I treat Hollywood as my high school.

The advice that I wish I would have given myself is to not care about what other people are thinking.

I leave Hollywood, I go somewhere else and make some music, and then, when I have to go back to work, I try and take as much that I get from outside Hollywood back with me.

I would leave school and be bummed out for 15 minutes, and then I would take my mind of things by making music.

I know not everyone is a musician, but it's important to find that craft and put all of your energy into that. It's about leaving the bad vibes and going to where the good vibes are.

When I was growing up, you had to conform and do the same thing that everyone else was doing. I would just go home and make music and be able to make myself happy, but I know that's more of a challenge for some people.

The phrase "Be Good to Each Other" is very important to me and something that I wish had been said more when I was in high school.