I'm very shy and awkward. I think the best thing is to embrace it. It's about accepting who you are and what you want to become and knowing all that you've got to work with, whether it's good or bad. My music was the only place I could be me for the longest time.

I'm a nerd. Total geek. I never went to homecoming or prom or anything.

Like a wave on the ocean I will always come right back to you.

I was addicted to playing music.

Growing up in Louisiana, my grandmother gave me an accordion because of our Cajun heritage. What ended up happening was I started learning about more instruments, so I just kind of went that route. Music's really all I've ever done.

There's a lot of people I'd like to write with, like Keith Urban or even as far out as Stevie Wonder.

To be the name on somebody's shirt that they've made themselves in preparation for one of your shows - it doesn't get much cooler than that.