Even though everybody's lives are different, in general we're all human beings, and we go through the same things: disappointments, the pleasures of life, life and death. That's always been a really big part of the show to me, making sure the audience feels connected, and that carries through to the album.

Pop music is not a threatening style of music.

I think I look better in darker clothes. And maybe the fact that I wear black so much makes me more aware of putting people at ease.

In pop music, you say, 'You can do what you want to me.' Rock 'n' roll says, 'I'm gonna do what I want to you.'

Beyond just writing about falling in love and out of love and wanting to do certain things and going out and partying and all the things that I grew up writing about, I want to write about deeper things.

My job is intense. It's very physical.

Obviously, some people are thick, and they're not gonna see what they don't want to see.