Singing into a microphone and learning to play an instrument and learning to do your craft, that's the most important thing for people to do.

I'm told that my blood sugar level was twelve times the legal limit - I was sweating honey.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I dropped out of high school and I couldn't go to college 'cause I wasn't smart enough, so I'd resigned myself to loading trucks and playing punk rock on the weekends.

I've always been a fan of melody and emotional melancholy, whether it was Rites of Spring or Tears for Fears or Neil Young. If I hear a song that has a sweet melody, I'm a sucker for it, whether it's Linkin Park or Little Richard.

It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.

It was supposed to be gross, and now it's gorgeous.