Being 16 years old and getting an electric guitar is never going to get old. There's always going to be kids making music. There's always going to be kids in bands.

I am nice to everybody. But people really take advantage of it.

Hip hop is the new rock n' roll, you know what I mean? And anybody who doesn't think that is just sort of living in the past. It's all just American music, really, when you get right down to it.

You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.

Everybody always wants to rebel against their parents' music, but nobody listened to music louder than my dad.

When I'm writing with just an acoustic guitar, it can be for anyone.

Coming from a smaller place always made things feel more personal, which is really what it's all about.