In this world, where everything happens so fast, it's hard to sit back, take the time and contemplate.

Songwriting is like going to church. I'm connecting to something, and it's rewarding in really important ways. I don't need to share it with anyone to feel good about it.

I'm just trying to get rid of all the mystery surrounding me and let people see what I'm thinking. So they can understand me and stop assuming things about me.

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

I tend to fall for the archetypal, talented, charismatic rock boy.

Doing interviews can sometimes mess up my head. It makes me feel dirty. It's frustrating how the press recycles a quote to death.

Human relations, I mess them up, and they let me down.