I started as a drummer, so I sort of took on singing duties by default. I had sung backgrounds and some lead vocals from behind the drums in different bands that I'd been in, and I'd gotten great responses for the songs I would sing. I really started pursuing the possibility of being a lead singer based on the fact that I was working a full-time restaurant job and then playing gigs at night, hauling drums around. One day, it just dawned on me that, 'Hey, I could be in a band and be the singer, and it would be a lot easier!'

Led Zeppelin is just a bunch of stupid idiots who wrote cool riffs.

I got in touch with the creative process between the age of 14 and 16, mainly because I was alone so much.

I feel like you're not a real musician or entertainer if you can't go into a room, pick up an instrument and entertain people.

Sometimes, if a song is written, in essence, to be that stripped down, it's very touchy when you start adding things, because even the smallest thing can have a huge impact. Somebody has to make the decision that there's a better song in there if there's less.

People don't realize how much fun it is to be depressed.

An acoustic show is all about you, and any little nuance or mistake is amplified.