When I got my first guitar, I played along with everything I heard that had guitar in it, like the Ramones, Nirvana and Sublime, as well as whatever hip-hop and R&B stuff was on the radio.

I grew up being a huge fan of Bruce Lee, and this quote always stuck out to me. He said, "Water can flow, or it can crash. If you put it into a teapot, it becomes the teapot." It always made sense to me to adapt the flow and roll with whatever the situation is and to not think about it too much and get caught up in it. It works easier for me that way.

I am the type of artist where you can't tell me anything. I have always been that way. I am right. I don't need any input.

All I can do is do what I can do, and do what I know how to do. I do what I love to do, and that's pretty much it.

You could say I'm a laid-back kind of guy.

Things that I would say or would like to saw are just easier to sing about and put out there in music.

Most of my songs start out as being very aggressive and guitar-driven.