As a new artist there's always outside influences trying to tell you how to make a song better for radio and how to do your hair.

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

It wasn't that I got pinned against my locker, but I was intensely aware that the things I valued weren't shared by anyone. Girls didn't like me, and I had few friends.

I'm the depresso guy on holidays.

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

My biggest blast-off hit was "You Raise Me Up." If you ever have a wedding or a funeral, it's a good pick.

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