I think that my relationship with my fans has been very special from day one. It's been very special in spite of the fact that I don't think I would ever be able to call myself a press darling. I don't think there's ever been a superficial hype machine around me.

Every day I lugged my backpack through the halls, waiting for the final bell. Then I'd race home and hole up in my room, playing the drums and the piano, composing music.

When I started in the music business, travel became a huge part of my world, where it hadn't been at all. I visited parts of the world that I'd never been to and found that I was spending maybe 30 days at home a year.

Even with our differences There is a place we're all connected Each of us can find each other's light, There's so much to be thankful for.

If there is one thing that is constant in this world, it is the power of music.

There is a certain... chivalry to the style of singing I normally do. Part of the fun for me will be to leave that at the door.

I was the boy who liked to sing his own songs at talent shows, and I was suddenly officially uncool.