There are a lot of reasons to be hated in pop culture, and being a straight white male is one of them. In fact, I almost hate me

The fear of rejection really kind of stunts your growth as a person. I mean, it's like a friend of mine says, who cares if you fail? Who cares if you fail? It's like babies try to get up and walk all the time and they keep falling down. If we just gave up, we'd all be crawling around.

Scars are souvenirs you never lose, the past is never far, did you lose yourself somewhere out there, did you get to be a star, and don't it make you sad to know that life is more than who you are?

I wasn't good at sports and I needed a way to make girls like me.

Nobody likes to hear a f**king rock star talk about his problems

The disparity between being a 10-year-old boy playing air guitar, wishing I was a rock star, and the reality of the whole thing is insane. A girl will throw her bra onstage, and I say to myself, if I was the guy that pumped your gas today, would you throw your bra at me?

I think the work is always personal. This album differs. It seems to be a lot more positive. It seems to have a certain amount of optimism about it.