Thank God that I get to do what I get to do; there's no way to tell you how grateful I am.

When you write a great song, it just blows you away. When you write a song that connects with people around the world - I mean like it actually transcends language barriers - you see how it can affect people, and it's quite a tall order to follow up on.

I don't have a strong sense of self-worth unless I'm doing something.

There's nothing that compares to being in a band with your best friends. We're so comfortable together, we understand each other. It feels, like, normal. Whereas solo period felt like I was trying to be something, and play a role, and pretend.

I think I've been able to fool a lot of people because I know I'm a dork. I'm a geek.

I think when I first started discovering I could write songs, I was so naive. And it was after I got broken up with and had my heart sliced up into a bunch of little pieces that I was like, "I'm going to say this." I didn't even know how to play guitar.

I remember so vividly the first song I ever wrote. It was called 'Different People.'