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

I did not practice hours a day for eighteen years to have my success attributed to a myth.

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.

Musically, between me and my fans and also me and my team, who between management and record label have always just let me be me, it's fun to pave a path. It's fun to feel like you're doing things your own way. So in that regard I haven't had to worry about any bar but my own.

If I'm in a relationship, I'll go to the ends of the earth. If I'm on the road and we have a conversation, and she says, "God, I really wish I was there with you right now," I'll hang up the phone, send a car, and have the plane ready.

A beautiful and binding morning The world outside begins to breathe See clouds arriving without warning I need you here to shelter me. If I could make these moments endless If I could stop the winds of change If we just keep our eyes wide open Then everything would stay the same And I know that only time will tell me how We'll carry on without each other So keep me awake for every moment Give us more time to be this way We can't stay like this forever But I can have you next to me today

When it comes to the acting stuff, I like to show up for a couple days and kind of be outrageous and silly, and go back to my day job.