You rarely find someone who sings really well and who produces really well; it's a problem, and I just think it's a missing link in the music scene.

I grew up going to punk shows, that kind of thing - I don't wanna make pop punk! - but I like the idea of people going totally crazy and it being really intimate, loud and super-aggressive, but combining that with pop music.

I just can't perform well unless I'm wearing jeans.

Success, for me, is a song that can deliver shivers.

I only work at night, generally. Usually when I work [during the day] I'll black out the windows or something.

I cry really easily. If I see a butterfly, I'll practically burst into tears. So it's really hard for me to yell at people, because I'll feel so guilty about it. But if I don't, then they don't take me seriously and it's this endless cycle.

I'm sad that it's uncool or offensive to talk about environmental or human rights issues.