I was ready to quit music. It felt to me like music equalled death.

Develop that individuality by working as hard as you can at what you love.

My songwriting is like extending a hand to the listener.

I had a Super Grover doll growing up. Super Grover was very clumsy, he wasn't very good-looking. But in his own way he'd always save the day.

That’s one of the great things about music. You can sing a song to 85,000 people and they’ll sing it back for 85,000 different reasons.

I think that if you're passionate about something and you're driven and you're focused, then you can pretty much do anything that you want to do in life.

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