Everything around me inspires and influences me. Mainly love - falling in it, losing it, loving it and hating it.

I'm a total protein shake junkie nerd. I get creative every morning - you never know what you're gonna get in my shake... fruit? Peanut butter? Ice-cream?

What I really love is touring on a bus with my band playing shows every night and feeling the audience, feeling the presence of people actually listening to my music. Feeding my soul is what touring feels like for me and I absolutely refuse to have a bad time doing something I really, really love.

Don't count the miles, count the I love you's!

My earliest memories as a child are listening to Beatles records, and they are a big part of how I've learned to write pop songs.

I took time off from school and traveled to Italy when I was 19, living with my extended family members. I must have slept in 30 different houses those months, taken in by people who'd never even met me.

I try to get through emotional pain and not go around it, it always ends sooner that way. I also use chocolate.