You're an animal, you live, maybe this one time is your lifetime - go there. Who cares what somebody else thinks?

You have to have a sense of humor about life to get through it.

Writing for somebody else is really fun 'cause I consider myself a songwriter first and foremost.

I went through awkward, chubby, total weirdo phases.

If you listen to my record, I'm just honest about stupid stuff most normal people wouldn't put in a pop song.

I was never the cool kid, I was never hot in high school. I was never popular. You don't have to be perfect and you don't have to be rich and you can still be successful.

I never want to be pretentious.