I went through a really good-looking phase from birth to 9. And then things went crazy. I don't know what happened, but between 9 and 14 it was really, really rough. I didn't have a lot of friends. The only ones who were nice to me were the theater kids. And they were like, 'You can come and join us. No one likes us.

There's no way that you're going to please all of America, or all of the fans.

I would say if I was any type of nerd, it was probably a band nerd.

You have to hold on to what you find because life has a way of throwing you curve balls that you never expect.

I've auditioned for musicals a lot, but I think my voice didn't really match what they were looking for. I went to school for musical theater for a year and dropped out. Legit musicals are not quite my forte.

I grew up with a piano, and my aunt taught me chords. I played with bands in high school and I could do like, C chord, G chord, D chord; really simple, rhythm piano.

I wasn't a very good student. I prefer to learn by experience.