My idol when I was growing up was Michael Jordan the basketball player because of his work ethic rather than his talent and because of what he went through to be as good as he was.

The fans have been great to me. I don't think it's asking too much to have me sign something for them.

If I'm not learning from something that I'm doing, then that means I've done it before. Do something different, even if it's within the same medium.

I'm a very melody-driven writer and I have a rule that I don't write anything down because if I can't remember the melody than it wasn't worth remembering. So it's my way to test myself in the studio. When I was a kid I could sing pretty well so melody always made a lot of sense to me.

It's not a bad Thing to fall in Love.

I think it's the first idea I ever got about doing something on my own, because it was the first time I have ever really felt the confidence to do it.

...We're people and we're different, all of us. And we should be using our differences to bring ourselves closer together. You know? Not be afraid of something that we don't know. ... It's unfortunate that things take a while to progress like this, but it was a great, great victory for equality. I'm proud New York has the balls to stand up for what's right.