Don't ever play with someone's feelings, you could win the game but you could lose that person forever.

When you're happy you enjoy the music, but when you're sad you understand the lyrics.

Don't feel sad over someone who gave up on you, feel sorry for them because they gave up on someone who would have never given up on them.

If someone breaks your heart, just punch them in the face. Seriously. Punch them in the face and go get some ice cream.

The first four and a half years was me in the studio every day, writing songs for other people. I had jobs, too - eleven jobs. I worked at Kinko's, Fatburger, Subway - I was a sandwich artist - and I was a claims processor at Allstate Insurance.

In art, at a certain level, there is no 'better than.' It's just about trying to operate for yourself on the most supreme level, artistically, that you can and hoping that people get it. Trusting that, just because of the way people are built and how interconnected we are, greatness will translate and symmetry will be recognised.

The idea of recognizing your strengths and using them in as versatile a way as you can is cool to me.