When you first start writing a song, it's fun, then when you start recording it, it's fun, but by the time you've finished recording it, you're sick of it.

Whenever I go to shows, I end up looking at what shoes the guy onstage is wearing and the jacket he's got on. And when you know everything's gonna be under scrutiny, it makes you feel more comfortable if you have cool stuff.

I'd like to just get to a point where maybe we can say something that will be matterful. That's definitely not a word, by the way.

Religion is never the problem; it's the people who use it to gain power.

Boarding school didn't feel like my world, I felt like an alien; people there had a lot of money.

No matter who I'm talking to, I always talk like I'm doing an interview.

L.A.'s kind of, like, seven really cool towns. It's so laid-back. If you go in the right spot, you can walk around, and you don't need a car.