No matter who we are, no matter what our circumstances, our feelings and emotions are universal.

There's no half-singing in the shower, you're either a rock star or an opera diva.

Music is so 100 percent for me that the idea of giving that up in any way, shape, or form would be terrifying to me.

Singing brings out in me what I can't normally bring out in everyday life. It's an incredible feeling to be able to bare your soul to people you've never met in a way that can make them understand so clearly what you mean. That's what I love most about singing ... it becomes my truest form of communication.

I hate birthdays. It's so funny, people always come up to me, "Hey! It's my birthday!" But when it's my birthday, I don't want to talk about it, I don't wanna tell anybody.

Maybe the gruffness and anger can be done with a purity of sound.

After using four different languages on an album, it's tough to decide which one I'm gonna actually learn to speak. I always study the lyric, make sure I know what I'm singing, and try to get the pronunciation as perfect as possible.