You can be a singer, and you can be a guitar player, but putting them together is another animal.

So if I was dating somebody now and the relationship didn't work out, I'd take that as failing

I don't take my clothes off in my videos

But I've never considered myself any kind of heartthrob. It sounds painful.

I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on

I am the byproduct of an Ellis Island orgy, basically. I'm everything. I've got quite a mixture in me. I know a lot of it and I don't know some of it. I'm pretty mixed up, but mostly Russian and Irish.

My dad didn't want me to play guitar. He played piano, so I chose that. And I ended up loving it