If you're 22 years old and you can't believe you're even in the position to have a career making music, the first thing you're going to think is: Maintain. Don't lose it. And that's precisely what causes you to lose everything.

When I dont have a good time making music, I think of quitting a lot. I really do. I can create something else. Ill do something else.

Some people have been listening to the Beatles their whole lives; I didn't discover them until I was 18 years old. As a result, I'm still very affected and moved by their music - maybe in a way that's different from someone who grew up around it.

In the end, I think musicians know that getting up in the morning and making music you love doesn't necessarily mean that you deserve billions of dollars or worship from anybody.

I have ideas all of the time from the beginning, but they never really wind up turning out like I thought they would.

No matter how naturally gifted you are, it's your passion that's going to make you better and maybe touch some people.

The musicians themselves don't seem to know enough about why they're in the positions they're in, so they're afraid to lose those positions.