I'm trying to be more of a gentleman.

"Be nice to your parents." When they made the decision to have a child, whether it was planned or not, they were changing their entire lives to do the best they could for this new human being. A lot of young people, we don't understand that.

Sometimes touring can warp reality because you're never in one place long enough to get a feel for it. You don't interact with people long enough to know what real life is. That's why a lot of artists write songs about longing and missing people when they're on the road. I do my best to keep my mind open and I read a lot when I'm on tour, so I hope I have good things to write about. I'm constantly in the songwriting process.

So often the woman forgets her own greatness and she goes a little bat sh-- crazy sometimes. So its up to the other half to love that person back into the person we know them to be.

Creativity is a religion. When you get into it, you will find your life becomes more spiritual.

I'm always thinking about the next record. I've got like 20 different themes and then I'll scratch the themes. It's a learning process.

What I enjoy the most about all this is the traveling. I love that my job allows me to travel all over the world.