If prolific is writing a lot of songs, I'm that. If it's writing a lot of good songs, I'm something else.

In so many of my songs, I'm trying to touch on various aspects of love.

Usually it is a painful process (writing), "Superman" came in 45 minutes; "100 Years" in four months.

The most rewarding thing of my success has been the ability to use my music for many different causes that have become important to me.

As a sports fan, the Los Angeles Kings winning the Stanley Cup makes me feel very alive.

I've learned that love takes priority.

Musically, there's probably nothing better than, after spending weeks or months of grinding on a lyric or a song, when you play a good song from beginning to end for the first time - there's a moment there where all the pain and suffering is worth it.