I don't rock for Cancer. I rock for cash, and the topless dancers.

Two of my grandparents died in a car crash. Sucks, 'cause they would have lived to a hundred.

I've just really been into melody and lyrics and songwriting. Writing a rap, to me, is easy. I could write a rap like that. But writing songs and melodies and s**t that's hopefully going to stick around for 30, 40 years is f**king hard...If you have good songs and you're talented, people will eventually come to your shows, people will buy your music.

I do believe in standing up for what you believe in and your family and your friends.

I remember coming home from school one time and saying very calmly to my mum, 'I'm not going any more. It's a waste of time. I gotta get going with this music thing. School's getting in the way.' It freaked her out.

I didn't want to go out and change anything. I just wanted to make the music that was part of my background, which was rock and blues and hip-hop.

There's always a Justin Bieber. Ever since I've been around, there's always been one of him.