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.

You just do what you can and you have as much fun as possible.

Work hard in silence, let success be your noise.

It's cool to be recognised by your peers.

It's a bad religion to be in love with someone who could never love you.

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

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