A lot of my past is gone from my mind.

If you want to achieve things in life, you've just got to do them, and if you're talented and smart, you'll succeed.

When I first started making music, I didn't really know what I was doing. I just wanted to write songs. I didn't have a concept. I didn't think it through. I was just flailing around doing what comes naturally. It took me a really long time to step back and deal with what I was doing with any kind of perspective or self-awareness.

I feel some kind of duty to be really, really honest as a writer. The same is true of my songwriting.

I think the reason I've been able to keep making music is because I'm not married, I don't have kids.

I always believe that a person can learn so much by just jumping into something and trying to do it rather than having someone else teach you everything.

People in L.A. don't have to brace themselves against the cold; they slack off permanently, and their brains turn to mush.