I've always wanted to make a career in the arts, and I think that my only hope at doing that is to make it more about the work.

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.

I'm extremely compassionate, loving, all of those warm fuzzy things, but the outer shell doesn't project that all the time.

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.

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

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

This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one-man cult/And cyanide in my styrofoam cup